(September 10, 2019) Ovarian clear-cell carcinoma is an aggressive form of ovarian cancer. Endometriosis is derived from the uterine endometrium and is a known risk factor for ovarian clear-cell carcinoma. … Continued
(September 5, 2019) OCRA funded investigator Dmitriy Zamarin, MD, PhD contributed to a study that provides an intriguing hypothesis that mutation in genes like SMARCA4 may improve tumor recognition by … Continued
(August 22, 2019) This week, The US Preventive Services Task Force published new recommendations on risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA mutations and BRCA-related cancers. The US … Continued
(August 20, 2019) A new direction for research in ovarian cancer was brought to light last month thanks to a study published in Lancet Oncology. Researchers led by Dr. Nuno … Continued
(July 26, 2019) OCRA grantee Michael Yaffe, MD, PhD, led a study published earlier this month in Cell Systems which found success targeting cancer cells by combining two existing classes … Continued
Couldn’t make it to our National Conference? Watch our expert presentations LIVE! For the first time, we live streamed all general sessions, so you can watch as our expert speakers present … Continued
(June 18, 2019) Results of new trials, funded in part by OCRA though the Ovarian Cancer Dream Team and published in JAMA Oncology, show that combination niraparib plus pembrolizumab therapy … Continued
Four multidisciplinary teams to be funded to study survivorship (June 13, 2019) In a new collaboration, the American Cancer Society and Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance have joined forces to fund … Continued
OCRA is back from the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago, where doctors and researchers met to discuss the latest in the care of women with ovarian … Continued
(May 21, 2019) Earlier this month, Nature Genetics published a study, in part funded by OCRA, that found 34 genes were connected to women developing the earliest stages of ovarian … Continued
(May 20, 2019) University of Chicago gynecologic oncologist Nita K. Lee wants the next generation of doctors to know that the story of ovarian cancer is changing for the better … Continued
(April 3, 2019) In March, ovarian cancer researchers, clinicians and advocates gathered to attend the much-anticipated Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s (SGO) 50th Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, to discuss the … Continued
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