How do you live with anxiety, grief and stress? An ovarian cancer diagnosis can trigger psychological stresses that women and their family members have to learn to cope with. Which is why, according to Dr Veronika Pasquinelli, psycho-oncologist at the University Hospital for Gynaecology Bern, “women who have cancer can do themselves good by becoming aware of their own personal sources of strength”.
Anna Birkenmeier, journalist for Leben mit Krebs magazine, sat down to talk with the specialist. The interview, which is well worth a read, and information on PARP inhibitor therapy were published in the fall issue of the magazine: “Eierstockkrebs: psychische Stabilität dank individuellen Strategien”