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A blood test that has enough sensitivity and specificity to detect early stage ovarian cancer (cancer of the ovary) with 99 percent accuracy has been developed by Yale School of Medicine researchers.
According to Gil Mor, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale:
“The ability to recognize almost 100 percent […]
Last week, came out interesting new findings on ovarian cancer.
New developments revealed that cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption do not have an effect on ovarian cancer risk.
However, caffeine intake may lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer, particularly in women not using hormones.
Such were the findings published in the March 1, 2008 issue of CANCER, […]
Frequent consumption of foods containing the flavonoid kaempferol, including nonherbal tea and broccoli and consumption of large amounts of the flavonoid luteolin, which is found in foods such as carrots, peppers, and cabbage – have been found associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer.
Such were the findings of a new research from the Channing […]
Bevacizumab is a biologic anti-cancer agent that prevents tumor growth by interfering with the formation of new blood vessels.
Now, a new study found that bevacizumab may have the potential to improve the efficacy of standard combination chemotherapy in ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer or cancer of the ovary is the fifth most common cancer in women and […]
Chemotherapy platinum drugs including cisplatin and paraplatin are mainstay treatment for ovarian cancer. But ovarian cancer cells often fall resistant to platinum therapy which pose a problem to the treatment that even increasing the dosage is of no good because it will cause unwanted side-effects such as nerve damage and kidney failure.
According to the Centers […]
For the first time, doctors have shown that although endometriosis is associated with an increased risk of various cancers, this risk does not depend on the number of times women with the condition have given birth.
Dr Anna-Sofia Melin, a specialist doctor in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm, Sweden) […]
Previous findings have linked the menopause treatment of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to breast cancer.
Now, a new British study associates HRT to increased risk of ovarian cancer: women on HRT for more than five years are more than 20 per cent more likely to develop ovarian cancer.
But some experts think that the finding is an […]
Stem cell and cancer scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered new non-toxic and targeted therapies for metastatic breast and ovarian cancers.
[Metastatic cancer is invasive cancer that spreads from the original site to other sites in the body.]
Previously shown to be a predictor of metastatic breast cancer, the protein called podocalyxin has now […]
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and universities in Greece and Italy have been able ton identify biomarkers unique the cells of blood vessels running through ovarian tumors.
According to study author Ronald Buckanovich, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan […]
The Cancer Treatment Centers of America is launching a new cancer vaccine therapy that will be offered by the CTCA to chemo-resistant ovarian cancers and to be developed by AVAX Technologies, Inc.
Ovarian cancer is one of the hardest to detect in early stages, a complex cancer that is often resistant to chemotherapy.
The breakthrough treatment method […]
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Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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