Obstetrics & gynaecology
'Miracle baby': Woman gets pregnant after having fallopian tubes removed
Elizabeth Kough had been pregnant before. She knew how it felt. She just couldn't believe it had happened this time.
May 31, 2019
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Medications
Maintenance therapy with rucaparib shows clinical responses in a subgroup of patients with pancreatic cancer
Maintenance treatment with the PARP inhibitor rucaparib (Rubraca) was well tolerated and provided clinical responses among patients with advanced BRCA- or PALB2-mutated pancreatic cancer sensitive to platinum-based chemotherapy, ...
Apr 02, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers make next move in the fight against ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer claims the highest mortality rate of all gynecologic cancers, as high as 70 percent—in part because the disease is rarely detected earlier than stage 3 or 4. When the disease is discovered early in its development, ...
Oct 31, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Crosstalk between fallopian tube, ovary may drive the spread of ovarian cancer
New research from the University of Illinois at Chicago shows that cancer cells in the fallopian tube affect normal chemical signaling between reproductive tissues and stimulate the release of norepinephrine, a small molecule ...
Oct 09, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Considering surgery for endometriosis? Here's what you need to know
Between 1% and 10% of Australian women have endometriosis, a condition where the tissue that normally lines the uterus, the endometrium, grows outside the womb.
Sep 07, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
An intelligent knife can tell ovarian cancer and healthy tissue apart. Could it make surgery smarter?
Surgery is a major part of ovarian cancer treatment, but it can be a blunt tool.
Aug 17, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study of fallopian tubes reveals evidence of 'precursor escape'—a novel concept in high-grade serous carcinoma
More than two-thirds of women with ovarian cancer have high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC). Up to 90 percent of HGSCs are not detected until they are beyond the ovaries or fallopian tubes, at which point it may not be possible ...
Aug 13, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Essure female sterilization device appears safe: study
(HealthDay)—Essure implants used in female sterilization have come under fire in recent years, with women reporting a wide array of problems to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Jan 23, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Mutation in fallopian tube lesions may help catch ovarian cancer years earlier
Screening for tumor cells in the fallopian tubes of women at high-risk for ovarian cancer may help detect the cancer years before it develops further, suggests a new study co-led by researchers at Penn Medicine and published ...
Oct 26, 2017
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Medical research
Large variety of microbial communities found to live along female reproductive tract
(Medical Xpress)—A large team of researchers from China (and one each from Norway and Denmark) has found that the female reproductive tract is host to a far richer microbial community than has been thought. In their paper ...
