Ovarian cancer: your doctor checklist
If you have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, you may find the following checklist helpful when thinking about your illness and treatment.
- What type of cancer do I have?
- How extensive is my cancer?
- What treatment do you advise for my cancer and why?
- Will my treatment (and surgery) be performed by a doctor who specialises in ovarian cancer?
- Are there other treatment choices for me? If not, why not?
- What are the risks and possible side effects of each treatment?
- Will I have to stay in hospital, or will I be treated as an outpatient?
- How long will the treatment take? How much will it affect what I can do?
- How much will it cost?
- Will I have a lot of pain with the operation? What will be done about this?
- If I need further treatment, what will it be like and when will it begin?
- Will the treatment affect my sexual relationships?
- How frequent will my check-ups be and what will they involve?
- Are there any problems I should watch out for?
- I would like to have a second opinion. Can you refer me to someone else?
- Is my cancer hereditary?
- What happens if I don't have treatment?
- If I choose not to have treatment either now or in the future, what services are available to help me?
- Will I still be able to have children?
- Will I go through menopause?
Last Reviewed: 20 April 2001
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