Palliative Care for Ovarian Cancer: 8 Real Stories

8 stories match ovarian cancer and palliative care. 7 of them mention surgery.

Cancer Stories

A patient, who was diagnosed with Ovarian CancerOvarian Cancer

Metastatic Ovarian Cancer Presenting With Painful Finger Ischemia

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Biomarkers: CA-125: 90.6 kU/L after 4 cycles of chemotherapy

Metastatic Site: peritoneum|omentum

She continued chemotherapy and palliative symptom management after debulking surgery. She died from an intracranial hemorrhage 10 months after her original presentation.

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Melbey, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian CancerOvarian Cancer

Stage IV Ovarian Cancer: Melbey's Patient Story

Patient Info: Melbey Segovia, Female | Stage IV

Melbey Segovia died on May 4, 2021, about 5 years and 3 months after her February 2016 diagnosis, after three relapses and hospice care.

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A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian AdenocarcinomaOvarian Cancer

Stage IV Ovarian Cancer Complicated by Anti-Yo Cerebellar Degeneration

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female | Stage IV

Biomarkers: CA-125: 1767 kU/L; anti-Yo antibodies positive in serum and cerebrospinal fluid

Her anti-Yo paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration progressed despite methylprednisolone and plasma exchange. Care became palliative, and she died 2 months after hospital admission.

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A patient, who was diagnosed with Ovarian AdenocarcinomaOvarian Cancer

Rapidly Progressive Stage IIIA2 Ovarian Cancer With Anaplastic Features

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, Under 40 | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Biomarkers: CA-125 419 IU/mL; CA19-9 elevated; lactate dehydrogenase elevated

Metastatic Site: lungs|liver

Within 30 days of surgery, the cancer had progressed with a large retroperitoneal nodal mass and new lung and liver metastases. She died from advanced ovarian cancer 5 weeks after surgery.

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A patient, who was diagnosed with Ovarian CancerOvarian Cancer

Ovarian Fibrosarcoma Recurring Rapidly After Debulking Surgery

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 40s

Biomarkers: Ki-67 greater than 20%; vimentin diffusely positive; muscle-specific antigen weakly positive

The cancer recurred with a new pelvic mass and ascites 3 months after surgery. Her condition was too poor for chemotherapy, and she died on the second day of palliative hospital care.

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A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage I Ovarian CancerOvarian Cancer

Rare Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Tumor With Rhabdomyosarcoma Tissue

Patient Info: Anonymized, 70+ | Stage I

Seven months after surgery, she returned with widespread recurrent disease and severe complications, including pulmonary embolism and right-sided heart failure, and died 15 days after admission while receiving palliative care.

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A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian CancerOvarian Cancer

Metastatic Ovarian Cancer Discovered After Recurrent Embolic Strokes

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, Under 40 | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: left axillary lymph node

She received 1 cycle of paclitaxel and carboplatin and died on day 54 of her second hospital admission. Her family declined an autopsy.

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A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian CancerOvarian Cancer

Metastatic Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Causing Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 70+ | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: pleura, pulmonary arteries

She died on hospital day 29 after rapidly progressive pulmonary hypertension. Autopsy attributed the pulmonary hypertension to metastatic ovarian serous carcinoma with pulmonary arterial tumor emboli.

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