What are the treatment options for stage 2 ovarian cancer patients with pre-existing diabetes?

I am quite skeptical about a friend 's (supposedly a stage 2 ovarian cancer/diabetes patient) opting not to undergo chemo and/or hysterectomy. Her ovarian cancer was diagnosed more than a year ago and since, her doctors had just removed an ovarian cyst. She was advised chemotherapy with insulin (?) but she refused, upon learning the possible complications/reactions accompanying the treatment. Right now, aside from her diabetes medications, she actually gets NO TREATMENT for the cancer at all, but is up and about, and is even working.

I just couldnt believe that someone (supposedly) with such condition would refuse chemo and/or hysterectomy. Sometimes I wonder if she really has such condition at all. Her diabetes complications have worsened, having survived two strokes and being in comatose in a span of 2 months in 2005. I kinda believe that part of her story ... but the cancer thing, it sounds incredible to me.

Pls enlighten me on this ... Thanks!

Well you have reason to be skeptical, as the information you are relaying doesn鈥檛 make sense. Having diabetes would not affect her treatment and it isn鈥檛 even a factor. There are people who refuse treatment and they have every right to do so, it is their life, but if she were diagnosed over a year ago with no treatment at all she would be showing visible signs of decline and abdominal distention by now. You should also know most people who refuse treatment initially will usually seek treatment at some point if only palliative.

Surgery is always required in ovarian cancers, as it is very import to remove the tumor intact or at least as much of it as possible. Unlike most cancers where the biggest concern is that it will metastasize to other organs, this is not the case with ovarian cancer. This kind of cancer seeds, or forms little implants, over the abdominal organs until they are incased causing death from intestinal obstruction and/or lack of nourishment. This is a horrible way to die and pales in comparison to the possible complications she claims to be avoiding. I find it absolutely inconceivable that ANY doctor would remove a cyst and leave a cancerous tumor behind. It just does not happen.

I don鈥檛 know how people can lie about such a thing, but they do. They can carry on with the charade far past the point of there being any possible shred of truth and even the inconsistencies in their stories does not deter them. There is a woman who has been asking endless questions in this section about an imaginary ovarian for some time now, but when she lies herself into a corner she just starts a new account in another name and starts her B.S. all over again. Your friend doesn鈥檛 have that luxury. Good luck.