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ACA Update

ACA Update

May 12, 2015

New Affordable Care Act guidance says women with ovarian cancer can receive free genetic counseling, testing. On May 11, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury issued new guidance to clarify services and coverage available under the Affordable Care Act. Before today, only women with a family history of ovarian and breast cancer were eligible for genetic testing and counseling free from additional out-of-pocket expense. Click the plus sign to read on...

Pelvic Exam Guidelines

Pelvic Exam Guidelines

July 1, 2014

The American College of Physicians recently recommended that women do not need to have a pelvic exam on an annual basis. Current evidence suggests that the pelvic exam is not helpful as a routine screening test for women with an average risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Report from the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology ...

Report from the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

June 17, 2014

Promising new combination treatments for ovarian cancer Dr. Joyce Liu, MD, on behalf of researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), presented striking results … Continued

2014 ASCO Research Round-Up

2014 ASCO Research Round-Up

June 6, 2014

Posted by Laura Koontz on June 5, 2014 The 50th Annual Conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held May 30 – June 3 in Chicago, featured a number of promising and thought … Continued

Few women offered genetic counseling services for breast an...

Few women offered genetic counseling services for breast and ovarian cancer risk

May 14, 2014

Despite recommendations from the federal government that women at high-risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer be offered genetic counseling and testing at no out of pocket cost, a new … Continued

Alliance submits comments to FDA on off-label use of oncolo...

Alliance submits comments to FDA on off-label use of oncology drugs

May 2, 2014

This week, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about a proposed Guidance for Industry that could have the effect of limiting patient … Continued

SGO and AACR Research Round-Up

SGO and AACR Research Round-Up

April 18, 2014

With two marquee scientific conferences, the Society for Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), occurring back-to-back, the past few weeks have seen an explosion in … Continued

108 Members of the House of Representative Support Ovarian ...

108 Members of the House of Representative Support Ovarian Cancer Research Funding

April 4, 2014

Each spring, Congress takes up the task of allocating money to federal programs. And each spring, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance works to ensure that ovarian cancer research funding remains … Continued

Updates from the 2014 Society for Gynecologic Oncology Annu...

Updates from the 2014 Society for Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting

April 1, 2014

Compiled by Robin Cohen, President-Elect, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance As in years past, a wealth of clinical research into ovarian cancer was presented at the 2014 Society for Gynecologic Oncology … Continued

Vynfinit gains European approval for treatment of platinum-...

Vynfinit gains European approval for treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

March 26, 2014

Last week, the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, or CHMP – the equivalent to the FDA in the United States, recommended approval for vynfinit in … Continued

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments March 25 on Birth Control C...

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments March 25 on Birth Control Coverage

March 24, 2014

On March 25 the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two lawsuits that challenge whether for-profit employers must provide health insurance that covers birth control. The lawsuits involve a provision … Continued

Press Release: Cancer Advocates Debunk Huckabee’s Misleadin...

Press Release: Cancer Advocates Debunk Huckabee’s Misleading Comments on Oral Contraceptives

January 24, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2014 Washington, DC—In response to a recent speech by Mike Huckabee, in which he stated that women use oral contraceptives because they “cannot control their … Continued