There should be a standard for dealing with certain types of
cancer, but there’s not. In the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic
Oncology, researchers agreed on the fact that there are various degrees of
treatment quality provided for ovarian cancer.
Over 13,000 women with epithelial ovarian cancer were listed on the California Cancer Registry from 1999 to 2006. Of them only 37 percent received treatment that adhered to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)’s guidelines, the “gold standard” for treatment.
But wouldn’t there be a backlash from the public if most women weren’t receiving the best care? Not if that cancer isn’t as widely recognized as, say, breast cancer. Plus, many women diagnosed with the disease are a little sicker, a little older, and less likely to advocate for themselves and others.
Whether patients received protocol treatment depended on two major factors: 1) Surgeons who operated on more than 10 women a year for ovarian cancer, and 2) hospitals that treated more than 20 women. If any of those numbers dropped, the patients did not receive standard care.
With this in mind, women need to be aware of who they choose to provide them with treatment. Who they choose and where they go will have a major factor in whether they survive.
The best thing to do is ask a prospective doctor whether he or she follows NCCN guidelines, and try to be admitted to a hospital with a gynecologic oncologist that has regular admittance of and experience with ovarian cancer.
Follow this link to read more.
Over 13,000 women with epithelial ovarian cancer were listed on the California Cancer Registry from 1999 to 2006. Of them only 37 percent received treatment that adhered to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)’s guidelines, the “gold standard” for treatment.
But wouldn’t there be a backlash from the public if most women weren’t receiving the best care? Not if that cancer isn’t as widely recognized as, say, breast cancer. Plus, many women diagnosed with the disease are a little sicker, a little older, and less likely to advocate for themselves and others.
Whether patients received protocol treatment depended on two major factors: 1) Surgeons who operated on more than 10 women a year for ovarian cancer, and 2) hospitals that treated more than 20 women. If any of those numbers dropped, the patients did not receive standard care.
With this in mind, women need to be aware of who they choose to provide them with treatment. Who they choose and where they go will have a major factor in whether they survive.
The best thing to do is ask a prospective doctor whether he or she follows NCCN guidelines, and try to be admitted to a hospital with a gynecologic oncologist that has regular admittance of and experience with ovarian cancer.
Follow this link to read more.
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