Treatment of Low Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer: One size doesn't fit all

In this session, you will hear from Dr. Anna Tinker, Medical Oncologist from BC Cancer, on current treatment options for women diagnosed with low-grade serous ovarian cancer and the important work that she and others are doing to improve their care. Dr. Tinker will be interviewed by Donna Pepin and Erin Barrett, two members of the Patient Partners in Research team.

[@joannelindsay6343]

Excellent presentation and question / answer session! Thanks so much for this recording! 🌹

[@lovemaypuerto8339]

I have low grade cancer. how to treatment,

[@anglophils645]

To Lovemay Puerto: you must discuss with your doctor, which treatment is right for you, post surgery. The first thing you need to do, is to have very good surgery, to remove as much of the cancer as possible. If I were you, I should then ask your doctor about PARP inhibitor drugs. They have fewer side effects as compared to chemotherapy. And while chemotherapy works well on high grade serous ovarian cancers, it is not known to work that well on low grade cancers. I don't think that I should risk the side effects of chemotherapy, some of which can be permanent, for a low grade cancer. I'd look into PARP inhibitor drugs instead, if I were you. And you may also want to consider estrogen-blocker drugs. You should discuss all of these options with your doctor. I hope this explanation helps you (my brother is a cancer doctor---we talk about this stuff regularly. Plus, I have a sister-in-law who recently battled ovarian cancer, so I researched it a lot).

[@viorelscrob6391]

What is treatment for ovarian cancer stage 3c. ..is cases my mom. ..