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Research Shows Ovarian Cancer Patients with Social Support ...

Research Shows Ovarian Cancer Patients with Social Support Live Longer

July 19, 2012

07/19/2012Research published July 16th in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that greater social attachment was associated with a lower likelihood of death for ovarian cancer patients. A group of researchers, including senior author and OCRF grantee Anil Sood, MD examined how social support related to long term survival.  Two types of social support were … Continued

More Research Confirms No Link Between Fertility Drugs and ...

More Research Confirms No Link Between Fertility Drugs and Ovarian Cancer Risk

July 18, 2012

07/18/2012 A study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention this month re-confirms that there is no link between use of fertility drugs and an elevated risk of ovarian cancer. While in the past studies on this subject have produced conflicting results, this study adds to the increasing body of work showing that use of … Continued

Study Shows Yoga May Help Ovarian Cancer Survivors

Study Shows Yoga May Help Ovarian Cancer Survivors

July 2, 2012

A study of 219 ovarian cancer survivors showed that those who did “regular exercise and yoga had higher scores in physical functioning, fewer limitations with physical and emotional health, less pain, and more vitality than survivors who reported participating in regular exercise only.” Read the full abstract here

New Study Clarifies BRCA Mutations in Ovarian Cancer, Encou...

New Study Clarifies BRCA Mutations in Ovarian Cancer, Encourages Testing

June 25, 2012

06/25/2012 Writing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Australian researchers suggest because BRCA mutation status impacts survival and treatment response, all women with nonmucinous ovarian cancer, regardless of family history, should be offered BRCA1/2 mutation testing. Researchers from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne, Australia, screened 1,001 women with ovarian cancer to investigate … Continued

New Study on BRCA Mutation in Women with Ovarian Cancer

New Study on BRCA Mutation in Women with Ovarian Cancer

June 21, 2012

A new study of 1,001 women with ovarian cancer found that 14% of them carried a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. However, 44% of those women did not have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer. The BRCA mutations can not only help evaluate risk of developing ovarian cancer, but may direct treatment and can … Continued

Cancer Survivors Need Long Term Care

Cancer Survivors Need Long Term Care

June 18, 2012

A new article explores the long term effects of cancer care, and the unique needs of survivors. With 18 million cancer survivors expected to be alive in the United States by 2022, this follow up care is important. It may require more education of a primary care provider and/or coordination between the oncologist and primary … Continued

PARP Inhibitor Olaparib Increases Progression Free Survival

PARP Inhibitor Olaparib Increases Progression Free Survival

May 29, 2012

05/29/2012 In an abstract that will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago this weekend, researchers report that in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent serous ovarian cancer, olaparib plus paclitaxel plus carboplatin, followed by maintenance treatment with olaparib, resulted in a significant improvement in progression-free survival compared with paclitaxel plus … Continued

Obesity Does Not Increase Risk for Ovarian Cancer Recurrence

Obesity Does Not Increase Risk for Ovarian Cancer Recurrence

May 29, 2012

05/29/2012 Research that will be presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting June 1-5th suggests that obesity did not affect recurrence, time to recurrence, or progression-free survival in women with epithelial ovarian cancer following surgery and chemotherapy. Previous research examining the relationship between obesity and ovarian cancer has yielded mixed results. Click … Continued

Removing Fallopian Tubes Reduces Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Removing Fallopian Tubes Reduces Risk of Ovarian Cancer

May 11, 2012

Based on data showing that removing a woman’s fallopian tubes removes her risk of developing ovarian cancer, doctors are now urging women who are having their tubes tied to have them removed, instead. There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that ovarian cancer may start in the fallopian tubes. Surgery to remove the fallopian … Continued

DNA Repair Genes May be a Predictor of Ovarian Cancer Survival

DNA Repair Genes May be a Predictor of Ovarian Cancer Survival

April 30, 2012

04/30/2012   Research published this month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that DNA repair genes may be a predictor of ovarian cancer survival. Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston used gene expression data from The Cancer Genome Atlas database to develop a molecular “score” by looking at genes involved in … Continued

Increased BMI and Height Tied to Ovarian Cancer Risk

Increased BMI and Height Tied to Ovarian Cancer Risk

April 16, 2012

04/16/2012 Research reported in the journal PLoS Medicine finds that a woman’s Body Mass Index (BMI) and height are both tied to her risk for ovarian cancer.  Regardless of a woman’s height and size, her risk of developing ovarian cancer remains very small. Researchers from the United Kingdom included data from more than 25,000 women … Continued

Draft USPSTF Statement Recommends Against Ovarian Cancer Sc...

Draft USPSTF Statement Recommends Against Ovarian Cancer Screening

April 11, 2012

04/11/2012   In a draft statement released April 11, 2012, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) again stated that screening average-risk women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good. The USPSTF, an independent volunteer panel of non-government experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine, is composed of primary care providers (such as internists, pediatricians, family physicians, gynecologists/obstetricians, … Continued