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Long Term Survival Study Recruiting Participants

Long Term Survival Study Recruiting Participants

The Consortium for Long-Term Survival — is bringing together research groups worldwide. These groups include survivors, patient advocates and advocacy groups, (not just researchers) with the goal of “FINDING THE KEY TO LONG-TERM SURVIVAL FOR ALL WOMEN.” RECRUITING NOW: 8+ year survivors, STAGE 3 or 4 ONLY, contact Giulia Fulci, gfulci@partners.org or 617-643-7261. View more … Continued

OCRFA Research Helps Explain Resistance to Chemotherapy

OCRFA Research Helps Explain Resistance to Chemotherapy

(May 4, 2016) Research funded in part by an OCRFA research grant to Dr. Weiping Zou at the University of Michigan has shown that the sensitivity and resistance to cancer chemotherapies is not fully explained by genomic mechanisms as it has previously thought.  In fact, it may be affected by effector T cells (cells that defend … Continued

Irregular Periods May Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk

Irregular Periods May Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk

(May 2, 2016) Research published last month in the International Journal of Cancer showed an unexpected finding: young women with irregular menstrual periods may be at higher risk of developing—and dying from—ovarian cancer later in life. The study provides the first evidence linking abnormally long cycles or missed periods to higher ovarian cancer risk. It … Continued

Stand Up To Cancer Supports “Innovation in Collaboration” i...

Stand Up To Cancer Supports “Innovation in Collaboration” in Cancer Research with $1 Million for Five Teams through Phillip A. Sharp Awards

May 2, 2016 – Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has awarded a total of $1 million to five teams of cancer researchers to advance “innovation in collaboration” among SU2C-­‐affiliated scientists. Each team, consisting of researchers from different SU2C-­‐supported “Dream Teams” or research programs, will receive a grant of $200,000 to support new research projects stemming … Continued

Stand Up To Cancer Supports “Innovation in Collaboration” i...

Stand Up To Cancer Supports “Innovation in Collaboration” in Cancer Research

Stand Up To Cancer Supports “Innovation in Collaboration” in Cancer Research with $1 Million for Five Teams through Phillip A. Sharp Awards May 2, 2016 – Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has awarded a total of $1 million to five teams of cancer researchers to advance “innovation in collaboration” among SU2C-affiliated scientists. Each team, consisting … Continued

Hormone Therapy Safe After Nonserous Ovarian Cancer

Hormone Therapy Safe After Nonserous Ovarian Cancer

(April 25, 2016) New findings published online this month in Obstetrics and Gynecology suggest that hormone therapy (HT) can be used safely to manage menopausal symptoms in women who have undergone treatment for nonserous epithelial ovarian cancer. The study showed no reduction in overall survival with HT use in the entire study population, and it … Continued

Hormone Therapy Safe After Nonserous Ovarian Cancer

Hormone Therapy Safe After Nonserous Ovarian Cancer

New findings published online this month in Obstetrics and Gynecology suggest that hormone therapy (HT) can be used safely to manage menopausal symptoms in women who have undergone treatment for nonserous epithelial ovarian cancer. The study showed no reduction in overall survival with HT use in the entire study population, and it appears to positively … Continued

OCRFA Statement on Results of GOG 252

OCRFA Statement on Results of GOG 252

Many members of the ovarian cancer community have been concerned about the results of GOG 252 clinical trial, which were released last month at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. OCRFA consulted with a team of our scientific experts, and the consensus of the group is that the results of this … Continued

OCRFA Statement on Results of GOG 252

OCRFA Statement on Results of GOG 252

Many members of the ovarian cancer community have been concerned about the results of GOG 252 clinical trial, which were released last month at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. OCRFA consulted with a team of our scientific experts, and the consensus of the group is that the results of this … Continued

OCRFA Statement on Results of GOG 252

OCRFA Statement on Results of GOG 252

April 11, 2016 – Many members of the ovarian cancer community have been concerned about the results of GOG 252 clinical trial, which were released last month at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. OCRFA consulted with a team of our scientific experts, and the consensus of the group is that … Continued

Research Update: Updated ICON6 Final Progression Free Survi...

Research Update: Updated ICON6 Final Progression Free Survival analysis

The Lancet has recently published an update to the progression-free survival (PFS) data of theICON6 trial.  (The preliminary data was first presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology congress in 2013.) ICON6 is a randomized three-arm, three stage, double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-center Gynaecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) phase III trial.  ICON6 is designed to evaluate the safety and … Continued

Updated ICON6 Final Progression Free Survival analysis

Updated ICON6 Final Progression Free Survival analysis

(March 31, 2016) The Lancet has recently published an update to the progression-free survival (PFS) data of the ICON6 trial.  (The preliminary data was first presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology congress in 2013.) ICON6 is a randomized three-arm, three stage, double-blind, placebo-controlled multi-center Gynaecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) phase III trial.  ICON6 is designed to … Continued

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