About PDQ
Doctor Information Question (PDQ) is the Nationwide Most cancers Institute’s (NCI’s) complete most cancers info database. The PDQ database accommodates summaries of the newest revealed info on most cancers prevention, detection, genetics, remedy, supportive care, and complementary and different drugs. Most summaries are available two variations. The well being skilled variations have detailed info written in technical language. The affected person variations are written in easy-to-understand, nontechnical language. Each variations have most cancers info that’s correct and updated and most variations are additionally accessible in Spanish.
PDQ is a service of the NCI. The NCI is a part of the Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH). NIH is the federal authorities’s middle of biomedical analysis. The PDQ summaries are based mostly on an impartial overview of the medical literature. They aren’t coverage statements of the NCI or the NIH.
Objective of This Abstract
This PDQ most cancers info abstract has present details about the remedy of ovarian germ cell tumors. It’s meant to tell and assist sufferers, households, and caregivers. It doesn’t give formal pointers or suggestions for making choices about well being care.
Reviewers and Updates
Editorial Boards write the PDQ most cancers info summaries and preserve them updated. These Boards are made up of consultants in most cancers remedy and different specialties associated to most cancers. The summaries are reviewed usually and modifications are made when there may be new info. The date on every abstract (“Up to date”) is the date of the newest change.
The data on this affected person abstract was taken from the well being skilled model, which is reviewed usually and up to date as wanted, by the PDQ Adult Treatment Editorial Board.
Scientific Trial Data
A medical trial is a research to reply a scientific query, similar to whether or not one remedy is best than one other. Trials are based mostly on previous research and what has been discovered within the laboratory. Every trial solutions sure scientific questions with a view to discover new and higher methods to assist most cancers sufferers. Throughout remedy medical trials, info is collected in regards to the results of a brand new remedy and the way nicely it really works. If a medical trial exhibits {that a} new remedy is best than one at the moment getting used, the brand new remedy could turn out to be “commonplace.” Sufferers could wish to take into consideration collaborating in a medical trial. Some medical trials are open solely to sufferers who haven’t began remedy.
Scientific trials might be discovered on-line at NCI’s website. For extra info, name the Cancer Information Service (CIS), NCI’s contact middle, at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
Permission to Use This Abstract
PDQ is a registered trademark. The content material of PDQ paperwork can be utilized freely as textual content. It can’t be recognized as an NCI PDQ most cancers info abstract until the entire abstract is proven and it’s up to date usually. Nevertheless, a person could be allowed to put in writing a sentence similar to “NCI’s PDQ most cancers info abstract about breast most cancers prevention states the dangers within the following method: [include excerpt from the summary].”
One of the simplest ways to quote this PDQ abstract is:
PDQ® Grownup Therapy Editorial Board. PDQ Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors Therapy. Bethesda, MD: Nationwide Most cancers Institute. Up to date
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Disclaimer
The data in these summaries shouldn’t be used to make choices about insurance coverage reimbursement. Extra info on insurance coverage protection is accessible on Most cancers.gov on the Managing Cancer Care web page.
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