Choosing Sides: Treatment Decisions for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Must Consider Side Effects
Recurrent ovarian cancer may be treated with many drugs, most of which cause side effects. Doctors and patients differ about which are the most significant.
Medical staff note, “Neuropathy can result inpatients needing assistance to walk or unable to feel their feet so they’re at risk for infections or injury. Other side effects include fatigue, hair loss, nausea and vomiting, joint pain and high blood pressure. Most get better with time and dose management”.
Patients say, “My tumor is shrinking, but I’m in a really bad depression because I just don’t see the end of the tunnel. The nausea for the first four months was so brutal, and the extreme fatigue never subsides. Many anti nausea drugs cause constipation, which can be a real problem. There is a lack of communication”.
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