Miscellaneous

IP therapy is not a new treatment approach, but it has not been widely accepted as the gold standard for read more

IP therapy is not a new treatment approach, but it has not been widely accepted as the gold standard for women with ovarian cancer. There has been a prejudice against IP therapy in ovarian cancer because it's an old idea, it requires skill and experience for the surgery and for the chemotherapy, and it's more complicated than IV chemotherapy. But now we have firm data showing that we should use a combination of IP and IV chemotherapy in most women with advanced ovarian cancer who have had successful surgery to remove the bulk of their tumor.

This is a significant improvement in survival for women with this disease, which is most often diagnosed at an advanced read more

This is a significant improvement in survival for women with this disease, which is most often diagnosed at an advanced stage.

It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is read more

It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is the best thing we can offer our patients.

It's the kind of thing you sort of always hope you're going to see.

It's the kind of thing you sort of always hope you're going to see.

The catheter allows us to bathe the entire abdominal area with a high concentration of chemotherapy for a long period read more

The catheter allows us to bathe the entire abdominal area with a high concentration of chemotherapy for a long period of time, which appears to be better at destroying lingering cancer cells.

I really took it because he was here. I didn't know what I was walking into. I wouldn't be able read more

I really took it because he was here. I didn't know what I was walking into. I wouldn't be able to do it without him. By him being a recruiter and assistant in Lufkin and doing it for so many years, he was able to get it together for me. All I had to do was walk on the floor.

I think they should leave the schools in the community. They can really bond with teachers and each other here.

I think they should leave the schools in the community. They can really bond with teachers and each other here.

All three doubles teams played very well. Our No. 1 doubles (Greg Janssen and Todd Fuller) got off to a read more

All three doubles teams played very well. Our No. 1 doubles (Greg Janssen and Todd Fuller) got off to a slow start but managed to turn the match around when they needed to and came back strong in the second and third set.

They came together and talked to each other, played very smart. They put together great shots and came together when read more

They came together and talked to each other, played very smart. They put together great shots and came together when they needed to to get that win in the end.

This was West's first tournament of the year and the team did very well. I was extremely impressed with our read more

This was West's first tournament of the year and the team did very well. I was extremely impressed with our doubles performances. We came away with a first place, second place, and first place consolation in the doubles side of the draw.