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100 Questions & Answers About Ovarian Cancer
Don S. Dizon, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Andrea M. Brown

  ▪ Concise, easy-to-read paperback book.
  ▪ The question and answer format mimics an actual physician consultation.
  ▪ Provides both the patient’s and physician’s perspective on ovarian cancer.
  ▪ Written by an expert author team with extensive experience.
  ▪ Provides practical answers to questions about treatment options, quality of life, care giving, sources of
    support, and much more.

Table of Contents

Part 1. The Basics
Questions 1–7 cover the background topics in ovarian cancer, including:
  ▪ Where are my ovaries? What do they do?
  ▪ What does it mean to have cancer?
  ▪ What is a cyst? Is it related to ovarian cancer? How do a complex ovarian cyst and a simple cyst differ?

Part 2. Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Staging
Questions 8–19 discuss the risk factors and symptoms of ovarian cancer and detail how it is diagnosed and staged:
  ▪ What does it mean to have ovarian cancer?
  ▪ Are there risk factors for ovarian cancer?
  ▪ What are the symptoms of ovarian cancer?
  ▪ How is cancer diagnosed?

Part 3. Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
Questions 20–47 discuss your options for getting ovarian cancer treatment, including:
  ▪ How do I decide on where to get treated?
  ▪ Must the surgeon remove both ovaries if I am diagnosed with ovarian cancer?
  ▪ When can I consider myself cured?

Part 4. Coping with Treatment and Side Effects
Questions 48–64 discuss day-to-day challenges faced by ovarian cancer patients, such as:
  ▪ Will I feel terrible during treatment?
  ▪ What side effects can I expect from chemotherapy?
  ▪ Is depression common after treatment?

Part 5. Symptom Management
Questions 65–70 explain common symptoms of ovarian cancer treatment and how to address them, including:
  ▪ What symptoms occur when ovarian cancer progresses?
  ▪ What happens if I have severe abdominal pain?
  ▪ What can I do for fatigue?

Part 6. Relapse
Questions 71–82 discuss the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer, including:
  ▪ If my ovaries have been removed, how can the cancer come back?
  ▪ What happens if the cancer comes back?
  ▪ If the cancer comes back, can I still be cured?

Part 7. If Treatment Fails
Questions 83–89 discuss options for patients if treatments fail:
  ▪ Does intravenous feeding play a role?
  ▪ What is hospice?
  ▪ What are the end-stages of ovarian cancer like?

Part 8. Prevention, Screening, and Advocacy
Questions 90–99 deal with life after cancer diagnosis:
  ▪ Can I protect myself from getting ovarian cancer?
  ▪ Can ovarian cancer be inherited?
  ▪ Is there any way to screen for ovarian cancer?