Q: I just found out I have endometriosis, which my mother also has. She says endometriosis raises our risk of ovarian cancer, so I should have children early and then get a hysterectomy. What’s the real story? A: It sounds like your mother jumped to the wrong conclusion. Endometriosis and ovarian cancer are linked, but the relationship isn’t straight cause and effect. Although ovarian cancer occurs at higher rates in...
Tag: <span>Ovarian Cancer</span>
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Ketogenic diet reduces body fat in women with ovarian or endometrial cancer
Women with ovarian or endometrial cancer who followed the ketogenic diet for 12 weeks lost more body fat and had lower insulin levels compared to those who followed the low-fat diet recommended by the American Cancer Society, according to a new study published by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Credit: CC0 Public...
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UVA developing ‘two-headed arrow’ to kill ovarian cancer
Innovative approach may also destroy breast, prostate and other solid cancers UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM A University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher is developing a two-fisted, antibody-based approach to destroy deadly ovarian cancer — an approach he believes could also be modified to kill breast, prostate and other solid tumors. IMAGE: THIS IS AN ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE ‘TWO–HEADED‘ ARROW UVA IS DEVELOPING TO DESTROY OVARIAN CANCER. The dual-pronged...
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MD Anderson, Houston Methodist scientists detect new ovarian cancer target
Preclinical research shows malignant cells’ tie to supportive fibroblasts can be hit with Calcitriol UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER Researchers at Houston Methodist Research Institute and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a prescription drug, Calcitriol, approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of calcium...
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Research uncovers a potential new strategy to fight ovarian cancer
Intermediate magnification micrograph of a low malignant potential (LMP) mucinous ovarian tumor. H&E stain. The micrograph shows Simple mucinous epithelium (right) and mucinous epithelium that pseudo-stratifies (left – diagnostic of a LMP …more A new discovery opens the possibility of developing a novel way to fight ovarian cancer. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the...
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Average cost of care in year after ovarian cancer surgery around $100K
(HealthDay)—For women with ovarian cancer who underwent both surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy, the average medical expenditures are about $100,000 in the first year after surgery, according to a study published online Nov. 7 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Alexandra S. Bercow, M.D., from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and colleagues conducted...
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Does Talcum Powder Cause Ovarian Cancer?
Some people may sprinkle on powder after showering and never think much of it. But recent court cases have shined a spotlight on the possible link between women’s regular use of talcum powder on their genitals and an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. Yesterday (Aug. 21), a jury in Los Angeles ordered Johnson &...
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Small green sponge found in the icy waters off Alaska could CURE pancreatic and ovarian cancer
Sponge discovered in the Pacific killed malignant cells in both diseases Latrunculia austini lives in an area that stretches from the Gulf of Alaska Researchers hope to create a synthetic version of the molecule and test it Survival rates for pancreatic cancer are low as signs often don’t show until late Clinical trials would likely be about...
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Hope for thousands of women with ovarian cancer: Landmark trial shows new drug shrinks tumours in terminal stages of the illness
BTG945 drug significantly reduced tumours in seven out of 15 women Researchers will today unveil the preliminary findings at a Chicago conference Unlike most gruelling cancer therapies, there are very few side effects Thousands of women with ovarian cancer could be helped by the most promising new drug in a decade, British scientists claim. The...
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Developing adoptive T-cell therapy for ovarian cancer
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center immunotherapy researchers Drs. Kristin Anderson and Philip Greenberg and their colleagues are working on ways to tweak their team’s early successes with T-cell therapy for leukemia to apply to solid tumors. In a presentation on April 4 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research in Washington,...