Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer is the name given to different cancer types that start in the ovaries. Some ovarian cancers might progress silently, and the medical treatment process can include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapies, or a combination.

We are committed to provide an integrative approach that is uniquely designed to work around your personal medical programme and your goals moving forward. Our therapies are designed to maintain function, manage any side effects, and help make your day to day life easier.

As with all cancer types, ovarian cancer is a blanket term for any type of cancer that forms in the ovaries. Some of the ovarian cancers we treat at Verita Life include:

Ovarian cancer often causes vague symptoms that are easy to put down to other things, so it is frequently found at a later stage. Symptoms that are new, frequent, or persistent can include:

• Pain, swelling, or a feeling of pressure in the abdomen or pelvis
• Bloating that does not go away
• Trouble eating, or feeling full quickly
• A sudden or frequent urge to urinate
• A lump in the pelvic area
• Gastrointestinal problems such as gas, bloating, or constipation
• Fatigue, or weight loss for no known reason

Symptoms that happen most days for three weeks or more should be checked.

The stage describes whether the cancer is confined to the ovaries or fallopian tubes, has spread within the pelvis, has reached the abdomen or lymph nodes, or has spread to distant organs. It is usually confirmed at surgery.

Stage I is confined to one or both ovaries or tubes. Stage II has spread within the pelvis. Stage III has spread to the lining of the abdomen or to lymph nodes. Stage IV has spread to distant organs or into the fluid around the lungs.

Tests for BRCA changes and homologous recombination deficiency help decide whether targeted medicines will work.

Ovarian cancer treatment depends on the type, the stage, the tumour’s genetic features, and your overall health. A gynaecological oncology team plans it, and most people have surgery and chemotherapy. Verita Life does not replace this care. Our therapies are designed to support it.

Surgery

Removal of the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and uterus, together with as much of the cancer in the abdomen as can be taken. Sometimes chemotherapy is given first to shrink the cancer.

Chemotherapy

Medicines that kill fast-growing cells, usually a platinum-based combination given after or around surgery, and again if the cancer returns.

Targeted therapy

PARP inhibitors, tablets that stop cancer cells repairing their DNA, used as maintenance treatment after chemotherapy, especially for cancers with BRCA changes; and medicines that block the tumour’s blood supply.

Radiation therapy and immunotherapy

Used less often, in specific situations or within clinical trials.

How we might help

Our international medical team will ensure your personal ovarian cancer programme is carefully planned, adaptable, and designed to grow with you along your journey. Our medically guided programmes include:

Why choose Verita Life for ovarian cancer?

• Medically guided care: Our team will carefully select the best therapies based on your personal medical diagnosis.
• Adaptable programmes: As your condition changes and your medical treatments evolve, we will regularly monitor your situation to ensure the programme provided continues to work for you and your needs.
• We make quality of life a priority: Your cancer diagnosis doesn’t define you, and we are here to help you feel strong, comfortable, and live with the best quality of life possible throughout your treatment.
• An experienced international medical team: We only offer the best, our international team are here to provide evidence based and patient focused support at a global standard.

Treatment for ovarian cancer care at Verita Life

Verita Life’s integrative ovarian cancer treatments incorporate medically-backed traditional therapies with holistic therapies designed to complement conventional care. Our ovarian cancer treatments include:

Metronomic Therapy

Metronomic chemotherapy is an approach to cancer treatment in which chemotherapy is given at a lower dose, but more frequently and with shorter or no extended breaks between treatments.

Metabolic Treatment

Metabolic approaches investigate how cancer cells obtain and use energy and nutrients. Cancer cells behave very differently to healthy cells, often heavily relying on glucose and alter their metabolic pathways in order to grow more rapidly than healthy cells. This is a broad area of research, not a single established treatment or diet and at Verita Life we use metabolic approaches within our wider, personalised treatment plans.

Local Body Hyperthermia

Local body hyperthermia is a type of integrative therapy designed to work alongside both integrative oncology care and conventional cancer treatments. Local body hyperthermia is a targeted heat-based therapy that delivers controlled heat to specific areas of the body.

IPT & Low-Dose Chemotherapy

Insulin potentiation therapy, or IPT, uses insulin alongside lower doses of chemotherapy as part of an integrative cancer treatment approach.

Herbal Cancer Therapy

Following years of research, our medical team have developed specific herbal treatment protocols to address varying types of tumours. We use proven compounds that stem from all natural herbal ingredients such as curcumin, quercetin and other anti-cancer therapies.

Biological Treatment

Biological treatments are supportive regimens that can sometimes fall under immunotherapy due to their nature, and work by harnessing the body's natural immune system or targeting precise molecular pathways involved in cancer growth.

Natural Killer Cell Therapy

Natural Killer (NK) cells are a type of lymphocyte, or white blood cell, that play a major role in the immune system by targeting and killing infected cells and cancer cells.