New research by an international team including Keck Medicine of USC scientists is bringing the origins of ovarian cancer into sharper focus.
Jun 15, 2015
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Ovarian cancer cells can lock into survival mode and avoid being destroyed by chemotherapy, an international study reports.
May 27, 2015
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Ovarian cancer is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat, making it an especially fatal disease. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have now identified six ...
May 25, 2015
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Over the past few years, extracellular vesicles, or membrane sacs secreted from cells, have emerged as important mediators by which cells communicate with their surroundings to regulate a diverse range of biological processes. ...
Apr 22, 2015
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A cancer drug could be made 50 times more effective by a chemical found in stinging nettles and ants, new research finds.
Mar 20, 2015
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Researchers have found that pancreatic cancer can be split into four unique types, a discovery that could be used to improve treatments for the disease, according to a study published in Nature.
Feb 27, 2015
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Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all cancers affecting the female reproductive system with very few effective treatments available. Prognosis is even worse among patients with certain subtypes of the disease. Now, researchers ...
Feb 16, 2015
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The Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of the drug olaparib for ovarian cancer patients with inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 came as welcome news to the thousands of women now eligible to receive ...
Feb 16, 2015
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University of Chicago Medicine researchers have built a model system that uses multiple cell types from patients to rapidly test compounds that could block the early steps in ovarian cancer metastasis. Their three-dimensional ...
Feb 10, 2015
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In the battle against ovarian cancer, UNC School of Medicine researchers have created the first mouse model of the worst form of the disease and found a potential route to better treatments and much-needed diagnostic screens.
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