Gene Tests to Identify Ovarian Cancer Have Little Clinical Value
... currently used to diagnose and guide treatment of ovarian cancer are not shown to decrease the number of wom...and approximately 15,000 die from it. The risk for ovarian cancer increases with age and most often is diagnosed in white women over the age of 50. If diagnose...Identifying Bottlenecks to Breastfeeding
...ed are at a low risk for developing breast cancer, ovarian cancer and osteoporosis....Radiofrequency Ablation Useful in Treating Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
...ontrol// in selected patients with metastasis from ovarian cancer, according to a preliminary study conducted... The study consisted of six patients with advanced ovarian cancer who underwent radiofrequency ablation to destroy disease that had spread to the liver. Some s...Lung Cancer Drug effective in extending lives
...proved in the phase II trials against prostate and ovarian cancer. Mark McKeage of the University of Auckland, one of the researchers, said: "It is great to see this large survival benefit with AS1404 in lung cancer patients. This makes me feel very optimistic as we progress into phase III testing." Prof...Ovary removal linked with Early Death in Younger Women
...death." Dr. Rocca says, "If a woman under 45 has ovarian cancer or a benign disease in the ovaries that req... older women and in women with a very high risk of ovarian cancer. " Dr. Gostout points out that these findings will change her surgical practice for women u...Project Aims at Mapping Genetic Changes Towards Cancer
...at it will undertake the subjects of brain tumors, ovarian cancer and lung cancer to sequence all the genetic...ain cancer, known as glioblastoma, lung cancer and ovarian cancer account for more than 210,000 cancer cases each year. In 2006 lung cancer is expected to the...Study Provides Evidence That Obesity Leads To A More Aggressive Ovarian Cancer
... states that the outcome of a woman diagnosed with ovarian cancer might be affected on whether or not she is ...ing that obesity leads to more aggressive types of ovarian cancer. The researchers have stated that they have found significant differences in the histological...Feedback Loop Governing Ovarian Development Unraveled
...nal Nature, the signals in feedback loop governing ovarian development have been unraveled by// scientists at NYU School of Medicine. Feedback loops are abound in biology and are not well understood. They are essential as they enable an organ such as the liver to detect if it is injured, ascertain if it is...Nanotechnology – to detect and treat ovarian cance
...hat remarkably new ways of diagnosing and treating ovarian cancer can be developed using nanotechnology. Rush...ased significantly in recent decades, the rate for ovarian cancer had not changed much in the last 50 years, primarily due to delays in diagnosis," said Dr. Ja...Tiny Sphere Of Nanoparticles Can Fight Cancer
...ail, that siRNA packed as a tiny sphere can shrink ovarian cancer.// Researchers from the University of Tex...wrapped up in a tiny sphere infiltrate deeply into ovarian cancer tumour cells, which could thereby oppress the troublesome protein and drastically reducing th...New Approach to Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
Despite advances in surgery and chemotherapy, ovarian cancer is still the most lethal form of gynecologi...laiming 16,210 lives in 2005. Survival rates for ovarian cancer have remained stubbornly low because symptoms are often vague and mimic other conditions, and...Uterine Cancer May be Clue to Inherited Syndrome
...mutations are at high risk for colon, endometrial, ovarian and gastric cancer. Endometrial, or uterine, cancer is the most common cancer in women with this condition. The study is the first to comprehensively screen a large number of women with uterine cancer for Lynch syndrome mutations, said Heather Hamp...Researchers Enhance Safety and Effectiveness of Therapeutic Virus that Fights Cancer
...n can reduce or eliminate human lymphoma, myeloma, ovarian cancer and glioma tumors that are transplanted into laboratory mice. Enhanced Safety and Effectiveness The success of oncolytic virotherapy depends on restriction of viral growth to cancer cells --and only cancer cells -- to prevent unintended rogu...Uterine cancer may be associated with inherited mutations and a risk of many cancers
...tions are at high risk for colon, endometrial, and ovarian and gastric cancer. Endometrial, or uterine, cancer is the most common cancer in women with this condition. The study, led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Sol...Safety of Cancer Therapeutic Viruses Enhanced
...n can reduce or eliminate human lymphoma, myeloma, ovarian cancer and glioma tumors that are transplanted into laboratory mice. Enhanced Safety and EffectivenessThe success of oncolytic virotherapy depends on restriction of viral growth to cancer cells --and only cancer cells -- to prevent unintended rogue...Rates Of Breastfeeding Increase In Hong Kong
... mothers by reducing their risk for breast cancer, ovarian cancer and osteoporosis. Lo said that efforts to promote breastfeeding should continue....Move to Raise Awareness of Ovarian Cancer
...sterday// in a national push to raise awareness of ovarian cancer. The women visited hospitals in most capital cities. Ovarian tumours have one of the highest fatality rates among all types of cancer, killing about 70 per cent of those diagnosed within five years. So far the disease is poorly understood an...Study Finds direct link Between stress And Ovarian Cancer
...niversity of Texas and colleagues had noticed that ovarian cancer patients who were reporting high levels of ...indings the team then infected the study mice with ovarian cancer and then induced stress on some by confining alone them in a small space for two or six hours...Stem cells help in the understanding of drug-resistant, recurrent tumors
...neral Hospital (MGH) researchers have zeroed in on ovarian cancer stem cells that make the management of tumo...ls will assist in developing better ways to combat ovarian cancer. // "We feel these stem-like cancer cells may be resistant to traditional chemotherapy and ......has approved Gemzar for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer ignoring the advice of the FDA panel.// ...therapy) is very effective for women with advanced ovarian cancer. The drug Gemzar also known by its generic name gemcitabine and was approved after the compa...