Oncology & Cancer
Potential probe for early ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women and one of the most difficult malignancies to detect at an early stage.
Jun 24, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New biomarker test improves diagnosis of ovarian cancer
The majority of women who undergo surgery for suspected ovarian cancer do not have cancer. A novel blood test developed by researchers at Uppsala University and the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, now offers ...
Jun 20, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
In ovarian cancer care, focus on high-volume centers could come at a cost
Limiting ovarian cancer surgery to high-volume hospitals could improve survival but may also reduce access for many rural and underserved patients, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians ...
Jun 20, 2019
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Medical research
Researchers and doctor collaborate on ovarian cancer screening tool
A team of researchers from Clemson University and Prisma Health-Upstate are working to create a screening process to catch ovarian cancer in the early or pre-cancerous stages.
Jun 4, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Research could lead to more precise diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer
Oncologists may soon have an accurate and inexpensive way of differentiating between types of ovarian cancer that will improve how patients are treated, thanks to findings from a national research study co-led out of the ...
May 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows ovarian cancer survival increase
A gynecologic oncologist at the Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine was a national leader of a newly published research study that reveals good news for women with ovarian cancer—longer survival times plus a treatment ...
May 3, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify genes tied to increased risk of ovarian cancer
A team of researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer, Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have newly identified 34 genes that are associated with an increased risk for developing the earliest stages ...
May 1, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Lung cancer under-recognized in people who have never smoked
A group of respiratory medicine and public health experts are calling for lung cancer in never-smokers to be given greater recognition. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, they say that lung cancer in ...
Apr 25, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Ovarian cancer patients undertested for mutations that could guide clinical care
Fewer than a quarter of breast cancer patients and a third of ovarian cancer patients diagnosed between 2013 and 2014 in two states underwent genetic testing for cancer-associated mutations, according to a study by researchers ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Birth control pills may protect against most serious ovarian cancer: study
(HealthDay)—The protection that birth control pills offer against ovarian cancer is strongest with the most aggressive forms of the disease, a new study says.
Apr 3, 2019
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