Your Help Makes a Difference
Getting the news that a family member or a friend has experienced a recurrence of disease can seem at first like you are sinking back into a nightmare. It is common to feel overwhelmed, uncertain, fearful or angry.

But while it is important to address your own emotions, you are also in a powerful position to help your friend or family member cope with her recurrence. You can support her decision and next course of action. There are therapy options available for recurrent ovarian cancer. Clinical trials have shown that DOXIL is an effective chemotherapy agent in recurrent ovarian cancer.

Keep Her Fighting
If your friend or family member is being treated with DOXIL, there are a lot of ways that you can help her. Here are some ideas:

• Research treatment options and share information that you find useful
• Help your friend or family member understand what to expect from DOXIL treatment
• Encourage your loved one to take the appropriate steps to proactively manage and/or help prevent hand-foot syndrome and stomatitis and actively monitor for signs of hand-foot syndrome
• Understand how the healthcare team will work together and the role that CA-125 and other tests play in this equation
• Support your friend or family member through her DOXIL therapy. A minimum of 4 courses of DOXIL is recommended because clinical trials have shown this is the median time to response

In the meantime, be sure not to neglect your own emotional state. Seek out support for yourself and other affected friends and family members through caregiver support networks and www.strengthforcaring.com, a program that addresses the complex needs of a person caring for a loved one with cancer.