What’s the one word (ovarian) cancer patients never want to hear?

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Don S. Dizon, MD | Physician  

October 26, 2016

 

 She had come to see me in consultation. A professor at a local university, she was well until four years earlier when she developed abdominal bloating and pain — telltale signs of ovarian cancer.....

 “What the hell does that mean?”

Consider. It’s a word I’ve used in many instances and with many patients. Yet, I never really stopped to think about just how little that says.