Is there good food to overcome cancer? - Ovarian cancer with ascite symptom.?

Answer 1

I know this isn't what you asked, but there are some studies at Entrez PubMed that indicate ascites has been successfully treated for Ovarian cancer patients using intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion. Much depends on the overall health and age of the patient as not all are considered candidates. But it might be worth investigating:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14619504&dopt=Abstract

"Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2003 Oct;30(11):1726-8. Links
[A patient with stage IIIc ovarian cancer with massive ascites who was chemotherapy resistant showed complete response with intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion][Article in Japanese]
Kobayashi K, Fujimoto S, Takahashi M, Mutou T, Toyosawa T, Ohtsuka Y, Ogasawara T.
Dept. of Surgery, Social Insurance Funabashi Central Hospital.

Intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion (IHCP) was performed on a stage IIIc ovarian cancer patient with massive ascites who had been chemotherapy resistant. Complete response was observed after the treatment. A 59-year-old woman with advanced ovarian cancer complained of massive refractory ascites after 2 years' history of chemotherapy. The patient received IHCP combined with surgery to remove the primary tumors and omentum. Soon after the treatment, the massive ascites disappeared and CA125 level decreased to normal. The patient remained free of ascites for 14 months after the treatment.

PMID: 14619504 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]"

"Intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy in ovarian cancer.Gori J, Castano R, Toziano M, Habich D, Staringer J, De Quiros DG, Felci N.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Aleman, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [e-mail]

We investigated the effect of intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy as consolidation therapy in stage IIIB-IIIC ovarian cancer, following cytoreductive surgery and systemic chemotherapy (cisplatin-cyclophosphamide--six cycles). Disease-free survival, overall survival, and side effects were compared with a control group of patients who refused a second-look surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy. In a multicenter prospective trial, 29 patients with complete or optimal cytoreductive surgery and systemic treatment were included in the consolidation group and received intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy. Patients were recruited between January 1991 and December 1997. The intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion was performed with open-abdomen technique, using physiologic solution containing cisplatin 100 mg/m2, for 60 min in hyperthermic phase (41-43 degrees C). Intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy was locally and systemically well tolerated. The consolidation therapy group showed a better 5-year survival rate and lower recurrent disease rate, but differences were not statistically significant. Our results suggest that intraperitoneal hyperthermic perfusion chemotherapy is a feasible, well-tolerated, and promising alternative as consolidation therapy in ovarian cancer.

PMID: 15823105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]"

Answer 2

There are no foods to overcome cancer--my mother had ovarian cancer--and ate foods that were good for her--has taken vitamins all her life--and nothing helped--Just eat greens, and veggies and hope all turns out well!

Answer 3

You will have to eat what you can keep down, I had the Ip therapy as read up above after a debulking surgery i am doing well.

Answer 4

Most UNCOOKED vegetables contain compounds that MAY cure. also, check this out: http://www.quantumbalancing.com/news/dandelion.htm <--Anything is BETTER than nothing.......can't hurt you to try and dandelion is edible in all forms.

Answer 5

i heard that blue berries prevent cancer.