Talk:Ovarian cancer
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[edit] "Victims"? Is this the correct word?
A more sensitive word would be "facing" - facing ovarian cancer / faced ovarian cancer thanks SionBrown 02:13, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Famous patients
This page has developed a list of "famous patients". Unfortunately there is no policy as to which cases are significant enough to mention here. I think someone without a Wiki page whose disease has not been mentioned in the national press does not qualify for inclusion here. Otherwise we'd have to mention all those numerous anonymous women worldwide whose suffering has not made headlines.
I am mordicus against mentioning people's disease stage. This is meaningless to non-patients, almost voyeuristic and of no encyclopedic relevance. I also urge contributors to avoid dramatic terminology ("battling cancer"). Without being insensitive to the obvious suffering, it promulgates the stigma that every cancer patient is in tremendous distress, quod non. JFW | T@lk 13:42, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
- I removed a few women without their own Wikipedia pages, which suggests they themselves are possibly not notable, let alone their (private) illness. Not every case of cancer makes the headlines. JFW | T@lk 10:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
"Victims"? Is this the correct word? Especially as some of those listed have survived. Will change it soon if no objections here. --Mongreilf 20:57, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
i don't mean to be a bummer to whomever put that list here, because obviously it involved a lot of work and their intentions were only good--but it's not really standard for cancer articles, and it makes this article really long. maybe there should be a separate article on ovarian cancer patients? (that could be a good place for links to support groups and listservs, etc., too.) Cindery 20:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- If it gets any bigger, I'd certainly support moving it to a new page. Nunquam Dormio 09:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
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- What happened to this list of famous women with ovarian cancer? It appears to have been deleted? anyone mind if I re-add it? QuizzicalBee 16:13, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] missing characters
An analysis in 1991 raised the possibility that use of drugs tation may increase the risk for ovarian cancer.
Anyone like to hazard a guess at what's been deleted here? Flapdragon 16:09, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ref system all screwy
1,2,3,4 do not link to 1,2,3,4/+ there are inline cites. I'm not sure how to fix. Cindery 20:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- The former reference 3 wasn't actually referred to in the text. Whatever referred to it must have been deleted some time ago. I've changed some references to inline format, but more still needs to be done.
