Uterine Cancer - treatment for ovarian cancer
Every patient expects to be cured of their disease. But actually there are several other factors that influence whether a patient could survive for 5 months, or even be able to live more than five months. Estimated life expectancy of patients a doctor can be used as consideration for treatment and other decisions made at the end of life.
Ovarian cancer patients who come to the doctor at an early stage, they have a good prognosis; they still have hoped to live longer, maybe even get rid of.
For patients who are newly arrived to come on stage III or more, usually they have a poor prognosis. Unfortunately, most patients with this disease detected at an advanced stage, in advanced cancer has spread to other body parts outside the ovary. The spread of disease to other body parts will affect the functioning of the organ, other organs that could be affected include: the uterus, lining, colon, lung and bladder. What is the effect, inter alia, that the organs become un able to function properly, so the balance of the body affected.
From source Wikipedia, the written matter relating to Ovarian Cancer, those patients with ovarian cancer have a 5-year survival rate for all stages of 45.5%. If this disease is diagnosed at an early stage, when the cancer has not spread beyond the ovary, 5-year survival rate was 92.7%.
If detection is too late, and patients already in severe conditions, this situation will gave a bad effect to the patient. Your doctor may analyze, and provide an explanation about the possible continuation of treatment and healing. Your doctor will usually also notify the patient's family how likely the patient will recover, and other possibilities that can occur in patients. Prediction of prognosis of ovarian cancer doctors are not 100% accurate, for example, when doctors declared that "45 percent of patients will die after 5 months", makes the conclusion that based on medical computing and based on previous patient studies. But actually there are several other factors that influence whether a patient could survive for 5 months, or even be able to live more than five months. Estimated life expectancy of patients a doctor can be used as consideration for treatment and other decisions made at the end of life.
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