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platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, treatment options
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When is OC considered platinum resistant? I finished six treatments for Stage 3b at the beginning of August 2024 and so far things are okay but it’s just 8 months. Next labs are in May and I’m starting to get quietly freaked out….
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Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer (PROC) means the cancer cells have become resistant to treatment with platinum based drugs like carboplatin or cisplatin (commonly used for 1st line of treatment), the resistance is typically defined as cancer recurrence within “six months” of completing platinum based chemotherapy. If it has been longer than six months with no cancer recurrence you are considered platinum sensitive.
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https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/platinum-sensitive-cancer
what do you mean by things are ok? You feel ok? Has the tumormaker CA125 been checked, since you finished treatment?
Are you getting immunotherapy, are you scheduled for a CT scan? There are many success stories of people who
live with OC stage 3 or higher. May is around the corner,
try to do something that gives you joy. My next CT scan is also in early May, I feel nervous about it like many of us in the same situation. The first two CT scans after finishing
6 cycles of Chemo did not show any disease. My tumor marker stayed low and the same. My cancer is also stage 3b.
Can you share your results? Wishing you good news.