Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and Southwest Washington

Education & information

Education & information

Understanding ovarian cancer

There are good resources available to learn more about ovarian cancer from a medical, mental, physical, and personal perspective.

Learning center

FAQ I had my ovaries removed – could I still get ovarian cancer? Technically, no; women who have their ovaries removed…
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Glossary Abdomen: The area of the body that contains the pancreas, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and other organs. Acupuncture: The technique of inserting…
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CA 125 CA-125, which stands for “Cancer Antigen 125” is a protein that may be found in high amounts in the blood…
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Diagnosis Detection No reliable screening or early detection tests exist for ovarian cancer. The Pap test does not test for ovarian cancer; it…
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Risk factors Research has shown that certain risk factors increase the likelihood a woman may get ovarian cancer. Other factors may actually…
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Symptoms Ovarian cancer does have symptoms, but they are usually subtle and easily mistaken for other, more common problems. In some cases,…
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What is ovarian cancer? Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells begin to divide without stopping, and spread into surrounding…
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Complementary Medicine Many ovarian cancer survivors continue to explore the possibilities of complementary medicine as an adjunct to standard medical care. Examples…
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Treatment The importance of being treated by a gynecologic oncologist cannot be stressed enough. According to numerous medical studies, there are significant survival…
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Financial assistance resources American Cancer Society : Learn more about The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge® and other programs. CancerCare ; CancerCare is…
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Clinical trials Clinical trials are biomedical research studies performed in people that follow a predefined set of procedures to test the safety…
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Suggested books

When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children View Book >
Cancer Made Me A Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics View Book >
Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life View Book >
Breast Cancer Husband: How to Help Your Wife (and Yourself) Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Beyond View Book >
How Doctors Think View Book >
Cancer Etiquette: What to Say, What to Do When Someone You Know or Love Has Cancer View Book >
Outside the Lines …of Life, Love, and Cancer View Book >
Happiness In A Storm View Book >
After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life View Book >
Diagnosis Cancer: Your Guide Through the First Few Months View Book >
Dancing in Limbo: Making Sense of Life After Cancer View Book >
100 Questions and Answers About Ovarian Cancer View Book >
Ovarian Cancer: Patient Centered Guides View Book >
Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know View Book >
Share the Care View Book >
The Hourglass: How to Live as Time Flies By View Book >
The Light Within: The Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer View Book >
Your Brain After Chemo: A Practical Guide to Lifting the Fog and Getting Back Your Focus View Book >
Tie One On View Book >
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer View Book >
Music and Cancer: A Prescription for Healing View Book >
Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer View Book >
Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer View Book >
Chemo on the Rocks View Book >
Being Single with Cancer: A Solo Survivor’s Guide to Life, Love, Health and Happiness View Book >
NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Ovarian Cancer, version 2015 View Book >
A Guide to Survivorship for Women Who Have Ovarian Cancer View Book >
Sex and Cancer, Intimacy: Romance, and Love after Diagnosis and Treatment View Book >
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World View Book >
The Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully View Book >