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My Mom completed 19 rounds of Chemotherapy in 6 months the cancer returned and its only been 2 months. Is this normal? Stage 3 Ovarian cancer diagnosis, she only had one Ovary because she had a hysterectomy in her 40's, Mother is 78 now.

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I am sorry to hear about your mom's reoccurrence after only two months. Some patients are resistant to the frontline drugs and require a different protocol. I hope whatever new protocol her doctors come up with will work for her. Good luck!

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