Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Cancer Symptoms, Early Warning Signs, and Risk Factors Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer in women in the U.S. with over 25,000 women newly diagnosed each year with this disease. It is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths in women and frequently the ovarian cancer symptoms don't show up until the cancer has spread extensively. Less than one-third of ovarian cancers are detected before they have spread outside of the ovaries. Ovarian cancer actually represents a group of different tumors that arise from diverse types of tissue contained within the ovary. The most common type ofovarian cancer arises from the ... Read Full Story

This is hopeful news from WomenHealth.Org Chemotherapy Combination shows promise Adding the drug dasatinib to a standard, two-drug chemotherapy regimen for treating ovarian cancer boosted the effectiveness of the drugs in laboratory tests, new research shows. Researchers at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center added dasatinib, along with carboplatin and paclitaxel, to four types of ovarian cancer cells. In some types of ovarian cancers, a pathway called SRC is involved in the abnormal cell proliferation, said Dr. Deanna Teoh, a fellow in gynecologic oncology at Duke and lead investigator on this study. "By examining gene expression data, we determined that the combination of the leukemia ... Read Full Story

Ovarian Cancer Symptoms - What You Need to Know About Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Executive Summary about Ovarian Cancer Symptoms by Lester Lee Reproduction is one of the most essential parts of life. However, there are many things that can alter this. One of those things that can alter this is ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer attacks the reproductive organs of a female, specifically the ovaries. It is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths in women, so it is important for everyone to know more about ovarian cancer and the common ovarian cancer symptoms that come with developing this type of cancer . Ovarian Cancer ... Read Full Story

UK researchers report this week in the journal Lancet Oncology that two screening tests may help detect ovarian cancer at an early stage when it is still treatable. The finding could help save thousands of women each year because currently, most cases of ovarian cancer are not detected until the cancer has already spread. The survival rate for ovarian cancer detected in the early stage is nearly 90 percent; if detected only after it spreads, it is 30 percent or less. Scientists have long sought an adequate screening test for ovarian cancer to catch early cases of this disease that kills 100,000 women each ... Read Full Story

As part of my commitment to L’Oréal Paris as a Hope Ambassador, today I will be blogging about what L’Oréal Paris and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund ( OCRF ) is committing to help fight and win the battle for many women with Ovarian Cancer and to help promote awareness of this very deadly disease so that this disease will hopefully be found early more often than being found in it's Advanced Stages. Most often it is diagnosed in later stages. 70-75% of the time the cancer has spread to other parts of the abdomen before it is even detected. September is after all ... Read Full Story