(March 30, 2016) OCRFA staff and volunteers recently attended the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, held March 19-22, 2016 in San Diego. Every year women’s cancer physicians and researchers gather at this meeting to discuss the latest in the care and treatment of women with ovarian and other gynecologic cancers. OCRFA … Continued
By: Annie Ellis, Ovarian Cancer Survivor and Research Advocate Women’s cancer specialists from all over the world convened in San Diego in March to hear about the latest developments in women’s cancer research. This was the fifth SGO annual meeting I’ve attended over the past eight years, and the first that I left with more confusion … Continued
OCRFA staff and volunteers recently attended the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, held March 19-22, 2016 in San Diego. Every year women’s cancer physicians and researchers gather at this meeting to discuss the latest in the care and treatment of women with ovarian and other gynecologic cancers. OCRFA Research Advocate and … Continued
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance today announced the online publication of a collaborative best practices paper entitled, “Understanding Hereditary Cancer in the Era of Multi-Gene Panel Testing.” The paper offers key insights into the changing needs of individuals and family members who might be at risk for hereditary cancer. The paper also includes discussion of how … Continued
(March 22, 2016) A new article in Gynecologic Oncology describes clinical features—some surprising—found in women surviving high-grade serous carcinoma for ten or more years. OCRF Scientific Advisory Committee member and former grantee Douglas A. Levine, MD was senior author of the paper. The study, a joint effort between five academic medical centers, examined 203 long-term … Continued
Q&A with Jill Madden, PhD University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. 2016 Ann Schreiber Mentored Investigator Award OCRFA: Tell me about yourself. Did you always want to be a scientist? Were you interested in science as a child? Jill Madden: I grew up on a farm in rural Alden, Iowa, where livestock … Continued
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently released a report commissioned by Congress, Ovarian Cancers: Evolving Paradigms in Research and Care. The report provides an in-depth look at the state of ovarian cancer in the United States. While significant progress has been made in the fight against ovarian cancer in the last few decades, the report … Continued
(March 3, 2016) In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week, researchers report that a dose-dense weekly paclitaxel regimen failed to improve progression-free survival in advanced ovarian cancer versus a conventional regimen and optional bevacizumab (Avastin). Patients treated with weekly paclitaxel plus carboplatin had a median PFS of 14.7 months compared … Continued
Official Trial Name: The Genomic, Epigenomic, and Psychosocial Characteristics of Long-Term Survivors of Ovarian Cancer – Recruitment. Some advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients are long-term survivors of stages III and IV serum ovarian cancer. These patients may provide the key to long-term survival and bring hope to all women with Stages III and IV ovarian cancer. … Continued
(February 24, 2016) Research led by Dr. Elizabeth Swisher at the University of Washington, funded in part by OCRFA and published this month in JAMA Oncology, shows that mutations in the gene PPM1D in women with ovarian cancer are the result of aging and chemotherapy exposure. Read the abstract in JAMA Oncology. Previously, somatic mosaic … Continued
The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance provides information based on medical research and best practices. Research regarding a connection between the use of talcum powder and increased ovarian cancer risk is inconclusive. The verdict of a recent trial regarding talcum powder. will not change the information that the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance provides to women about talcum … Continued
(February 22, 2016) Imagine a lighthouse on cancer cells that can tell the T-cells in our immune system precisely where to attack to stop cancer in its tracks. When working properly, that’s exactly what dendritic cells do. They break down cancer cells into antigens that T-cells can “read” and know to attack while sparing healthy … Continued
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