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Overall, the FACT-O provides a reliable and valid assessment of the quality of life of women with ovarian cancer, and is appropriate as a brief quality of life assessment in clinical trials and descriptive studies.

The current practice in our clinic is to provide patients with written information about their chemotherapy that is reviewed with a health-care professional. The data revealed that our current practice is consistent with our patients' preferences. However, this survey did identify new information that patients want to know about chemotherapy, such as how chemotherapy works, why chemotherapy stops working, and drug-drug as well as drug-food interactions. This information will be incorporated into future patient education materials.

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