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The Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence acknowledges and thanks Aventis, Genzyme, GlaxoSmithKline, Oncotech, Ortho Biotech, and The Pam McDonald Fund for their support of this website through provision of unrestricted educational grants.

For Our Patients

You don't have to face this disease alone. Here at the Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence, we want to provide you with every available opportunity to not only have the best comprehensive care, but support as well. We recognize that not everyone has walked in your shoes - but we can help you meet someone who has. Someone whose diagnosis was the same, treatment was the same, and challenges were the same. We encourage you to reach out to other women who have battled ovarian cancer, either through our buddy network or on our message board.

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Our team of experts brings together the cutting edge technological resources, expertise, and research of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center to offer a proactive and aggressive approach to the treatment of women with ovarian cancer. We focus on a comprehensive and holistic approach to deliver the best possible care to our patients.

Surgical Expertise - Dr. Robert Bristow, director of the Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence, and the team of Johns Hopkins Hospital gynecologic cancer surgeons have expertise in a full range of surgical options including staging, debulking, and primary and secondary surgeries. Patients benefit by receiving the most comprehensive treatment plan from the time they are diagnosed. Learn more about how ovarian cancer care "is one step closer to home."

Contemporary Treatment and Advanced Technology - Our team of medical experts offers access to the most advanced diagnostic tools including combined PET/CT for surveillance and early detection of recurrent disease, and leading medical oncologists, access to clinical trials, contemporary chemotherapy including intra-peritoneal (IP) treatment for appropriate patients, as well as expert gynecologic pathology reviews.

Holistic Care and Comprehensive Therapies - At our Center, we treat the entire patient, not just her disease, in a holistic approach to care. Our center offers a full spectrum of services such as patient and family counseling, nutrition and dietary counseling, integrative and rehabilitative physical medicine, complementary medicine, and sexual medicine.

Leading Researchers - Teams of scientists specializing in ovarian cancer epidemiology, molecular biology, imaging, surgical treatment, chemotherapy, and developmental therapeutics bring world-renowned expertise to pave the way for advances in ovarian cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment.

Community - We provide access to the Johns Hopkins community of patients and family support, as well as outreach and educational programs emphasizing education and awareness about ovarian cancer.