This week, a new analysis showed that women that are overweight or obese have a moderately higher risk of developing ovarian cancer than women at normal weight. The study, released by the American Institute for Cancer Research, analyzed the data from 28 studies of over 16,000 women with ovarian cancer and showed that women who carry extra weight are 5% more likely to develop ovarian cancer.
You can read the full study here.
A research team, led by Dr. Ugo Cavallaro and supported by OCRA’s 2019 Collaborative Research Development Grant, made progress toward improving immunotherapies for ovarian cancer. Dr. Frances R. Balkwill, a … Continued
Leaders in the patient advocacy space came together for a wide-ranging study on the often-overlooked challenges faced by caregivers of cancer patients, with Tracy Moore, LCSW, who serves as Ovarian … Continued
A study published in Nature Cancer details how OCRA-funded research has dramatically expanded the impact of DNA and RNA data in the Cancer Genome Atlas and Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia, … Continued
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