When is your oncologist able to determine the stage of your ovarian cancer?!
Question: When is your oncologist able to determine the stage of your ovarian cancer!?
During the last 6 months I have had several sessions of chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer!. Three weeks ago, I had surgery: removal of ovaries and omentum!. My post operative appt!. is in a couple of weeks!. What questions should I ask my doctor regarding "stage" of cancer!? What exactly does "stage" mean and what are its implications!? Thanks for any help you can give me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Your doctors have known your stage for months if they started out with multiple cycles of combination chemotherapy before surgery!. They probably knew the stage after the initial evaluation six months ago from CT scans through the chest, abdomen, and pelvis!.
ASK
1!. What was the stage of my ovarian cancer when treatments began!?
2!. What were the findings of the pathologist at the recent surgery!? Was there residual malignancy in the specimens removed - the ovaries, the omentum!? Could a copy of the pathology report be provided!?
3!. What did the surgeon see in the abdomen at the time of surgery!? Could a copy of the operative report be provided for the patient and family!?
4!. Are there any blood test tumor markers that can be followed in my case such as the CA125!? Has this been elevated!? What is it now!?
I realize cancer medicine is practiced differently in various places!. I tried to supply all of this information to my patients as they were going through treatments!. Maybe it has been provided, and you have been in too much shock to understand it!. In any case, these are the questions I would want answered if you were my family member!.
Best of luck to you!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
ASK
1!. What was the stage of my ovarian cancer when treatments began!?
2!. What were the findings of the pathologist at the recent surgery!? Was there residual malignancy in the specimens removed - the ovaries, the omentum!? Could a copy of the pathology report be provided!?
3!. What did the surgeon see in the abdomen at the time of surgery!? Could a copy of the operative report be provided for the patient and family!?
4!. Are there any blood test tumor markers that can be followed in my case such as the CA125!? Has this been elevated!? What is it now!?
I realize cancer medicine is practiced differently in various places!. I tried to supply all of this information to my patients as they were going through treatments!. Maybe it has been provided, and you have been in too much shock to understand it!. In any case, these are the questions I would want answered if you were my family member!.
Best of luck to you!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Spreedog gave you the most important and relevant questions to ask your oncologist regarding your disease!. So I will only address your question and some of the misconceptions regarding staging!.
Anyone diagnosed with cancer in a country that is a member of the United Nations must report and stage their cancer cases!. It is required by law with few exceptions, every hospital in the United States must report their cancer cases and staging is part of this process!. Any hospital with a cancer program that diagnoses or provides first course treatment to any cancer patient must have a staging form completed by the managing physician!. Additional rules are expected next year also requiring proof of staging information being used in the patient
Anyone diagnosed with cancer in a country that is a member of the United Nations must report and stage their cancer cases!. It is required by law with few exceptions, every hospital in the United States must report their cancer cases and staging is part of this process!. Any hospital with a cancer program that diagnoses or provides first course treatment to any cancer patient must have a staging form completed by the managing physician!. Additional rules are expected next year also requiring proof of staging information being used in the patient
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