By Hannah Slater
The recommendations were based on a review of 17 clinical trials, FDA approvals, and consensus where evidence was lacking.
The American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) published new guidelines on the use of PARP inhibitors in the … Read more
San Diego’s Teal Women Honored in Historic Gesture in Support of Ovarian Cancer Survivors
September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and, in recognition, the County of San Diego Administration Center building will be turning its lights the color teal.
… Read moreA recent finding by researchers at UBC’s faculty of medicine and the BC Cancer Research Institute (BCCRI) may offer a new treatment possibility for people diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.
Small cell carcinoma of the … Read more
By Sarah Williams
For patients with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer, adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to primary cytoreductive surgery (PCS) increases survival compared with PCS alone, according to results of a retrospective study now published in JAMA Network Open… Read more
A Scripps Research team reports the discovery of a molecule that can activate a natural immune-boosting protein called STING. The findings mark a key advance in the field of oncology, as the STING protein is known for its strong antitumor … Read more
A global team of medical researchers led by UNSW have developed a test that could help to predict survival for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and pave the way towards personalised treatment.
A tumour test could help to identify ovarian … Read more
By Luke Harold
As chairman and CEO of CalciMedica, Rachel Leheny is overseeing the development of a potential treatment for organ damage caused by COVID-19 pneumonia.
“Our lead compound Auxora is in clinical development in COVID-19 pneumonia,” said Leheny, who … Read more
By Christina Bennett, MS
Patients with LGSC also had a significantly lower partial response rate with neoadjuvant therapy compared with patients with HGSC.
Patients with low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or peritoneum (LGSC) developed chemoresistance to neoadjuvant platinum-based therapy,
New “Caring For Her” program facilitates access to clinical trials and psychosocial support services for women with ovarian cancer.
Be The Difference Foundation today announced the launch of its “Caring For Her” program in partnership with Mary Crowley Cancer Research
Although ovarian cancer is the fifth-leading cause of death from cancer in women, scientists don’t have a good handle on how it forms. Now a new study suggests that a microRNA—a molecule made by cells to turn genes on … Read more
Women who underwent chemotherapy or surgery for gynecologic cancer and also had COVID-19 infection did not appear at significantly increased risk for death due to the novel coronavirus, according to study findings published in Cancer.
However, recent immunotherapy use … Read more
Have you ever had a doctor roll his or her eyes or give you the brushoff after mentioning a health concern? If you’re like many women, it may not have been your imagination. As more and more research comes out … Read more
Corr BR, Moroney M, Sheeder J, et al
Given that ovarian cancer patients enrolled on phase 1 trials usually have platinum resistant and heavily pretreated disease, with a poor prognosis, researchers undertook this retrospective single-institution series with 132 patients to … Read more
The cover for issue 29 of Oncotarget features, “In vivo effects of treatment with L-Grb2 in combination with anti-angiogenic therapy in an ovarian tumor model,” by Lara, et al. which reported that adaptor proteins such as growth factor … Read more
These results suggest the need for future studies to examine scalable interventions to improve fatigue in women with gynecologic cancers.
By Hannah Slater
A 1-year longitudinal study published in Cancer suggested that almost half of women with gynecologic cancers had
Results of quality of life (QoL) assessments from the randomized, phase 3 ICON8 study evaluating once-weekly vs thrice-weekly administration of paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer do … Read more
By Diana Swift
Population screening found to be cost-effective for higher income countries
Screening entire populations of women for mutations in breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility genes could prevent hundreds of thousands of cases in the U.S., and millions globally, … Read more
By Clayton Boldt, Ph.D
Advanced ovarian cancer most commonly metastasizes to the omentum, a layer of fatty tissue that wraps around and protects internal organs in the abdomen, but the reasons for this have not been well-understood. In a new … Read more
Ten percent of women who received a hysterectomy and salpingectomy, or removal of the fallopian tubes, during the study period had a family history of breast or ovarian cancer.
By Ryan McDonald
Despite limited data to support its use, the … Read more
A novel blood test accurately detected more than 50 types of cancer with a specificity of 99.3%.
By Mark Leiser
A novel blood test accurately detected more than 50 types of cancer with a specificity of 99.3%, according to results … Read more
