News articles tagged with 'ovarian' (Page 2)
Ovarian cancer screening saves few lives
— 13 Dec 2010 17:04 | HealthThe best currently available screening tests can only slightly reduce ovarian cancer deaths. That is the conclusion of new research published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed…
Biological diversity of ovarian cancer lessens value of screening
— 13 Dec 2010 16:46 | HealthCancer prevention experts have long been frustrated by the lack of a meaningful way to screen women for ovarian cancer. It is a relatively rare disease that often progresses with few…
Peptide being tested to treat atherosclerosis inhibits ovarian cancer growth
— 2 Nov 2010 13:42 | HealthA drug in testing to treat atherosclerosis significantly inhibited growth of ovarian cancer in both human cell lines and mouse models, the first such report of a peptide being used…
Adding topotecan to standard treatment for ovarian cancer does not improve progression-free survival
— 12 Oct 2010 09:07 | HealthAdding topotecan to carboplatin plus paclitaxel, the standard treatment for ovarian cancer, does not improve progression-free survival in patients and leads to greater toxicity, according…
Investigational ovarian cancer drug shows promise against platinum resistant disease
— 11 Oct 2010 10:00 | HealthA drug being developed as a treatment for ovarian cancer has shown single agent activity with durable disease control in some patients in a Phase-II clinical trial, an international…
Evaluation of targeted therapy in ovarian cancer
— 2 Oct 2010 12:44 | HealthResearch reported in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) shows that a molecular imaging technique may prove useful in early assessment of treatment response for…
4 possible risk factors for ovarian cancer found
— 20 Sep 2010 11:38 | HealthA consortium of cancer researchers has identified four chromosome locations with genetic changes that are likely to alter a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer. The findings appear…
2 studies find new genetic links to ovarian cancer risk
— 20 Sep 2010 11:35 | HealthAn international consortium of scientists has discovered new genetic variants in five regions of the genome that affect the risk of ovarian cancer in the general population, according…
Researchers identify genes tied to deadliest ovarian cancers
— 9 Sep 2010 11:57 | HealthScientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre have identified two genes whose mutations appear to be linked to ovarian clear cell carcinoma, one of the most aggressive forms…
For some women, preventive mastectomies pay off
— 4 Sep 2010 10:12 | HealthA long-term study of women with a genetic predisposition for breast or ovarian cancer showed that those who elected major preventive surgeries had a significantly reduced risk of those…