DEAR DR. GOTT: About a year and a half ago I was diagnosed with peritoneal cancer. Is this the same thing as ovarian cancer? If it isn’t, please tell me the difference between them. I am in remission for now but understand that this type of cancer can and will occur again. They had to remove the lining of the wall of my stomach, along with both of my ovaries, which leaves the rest of my organs unprotected and the cancer can come back and attack any of my organs as there is nothing to protect them. I am also in the cancer research program. I was stage four when I was told I had cancer. I am 67 years old.

DEAR READER: Peritoneal cancer is not the same as ovarian cancer; however, they are incredibly similar. Both affect epithelial cells, cause similar symptoms and are treated with similar methods.
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