Oncology & Cancer
Many pelvic tumors in women may have common origin—fallopian tubes
Most—and possibly all—ovarian cancers start, not in ovaries, but instead in the fallopian tubes attached to them.
Oct 17, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Important advance made with new approach to 'control' cancer, not eliminate it
Researchers have created a new drug delivery system that could improve the effectiveness of an emerging concept in cancer treatment - to dramatically slow and control tumors on a long-term, sustained basis, not necessarily ...
Aug 26, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Anti-cancer effects found in natural compound derived from onions
Research from Kumamoto University, Japan finds that a natural compound isolated from onions, onionin A (ONA), has several anti-cancer properties for ovarian cancer. This discovery is a result of research on the effects of ...
Oct 21, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Blocking DNA production in cancer therapy by targeting the POLtheta enzyme
BRCA1 (BReast CAncer Gene 1), a key gene that becomes faulty in some instances, leading to breast and ovarian cancer, plays an important role in the body's DNA repair mechanisms. BRCA1, once mutated, can cause cancer to develop. ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Two Oxford research discoveries offer hope for managing ovarian cancer
Oxford University researchers have found a way to detect ovarian cancer early and identified an enzyme that is key in making ovarian cancer more deadly. Their results, published in two journals, provide new research routes ...
Jul 28, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Single gene links rare and unrelated cancers
Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and the University of British Columbia are excited over a discovery made while studying rare tumour types.
Dec 21, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel therapeutic strategy shows promise against pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to cure or even treat. Now, a new strategy devised by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has succeeded in making pancreatic tumors visible to the immune systems of ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Examining the secret hideouts of ovarian cancer
Every year, roughly 550 women develop ovarian cancer in Finland. Ovarian cancer is difficult to treat and it is commonly fatal, with 320 women dying of ovarian cancer annually in Finland.
Feb 11, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pill and pregnancy have biggest effects on ovarian cancer risk
(Medical Xpress) -- Taking the Pill for 10 years can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by almost half (45 per cent), new research part-funded by Cancer Research UK shows today.
Oct 26, 2011
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Genetics
Are human genes patentable?
(Medical Xpress)—On April 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a case that could answer the question, "Under what conditions, if any, are isolated human ...
Apr 11, 2013
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