(June 30, 2017) Ten thousand women, most of whom are BRCA1 or BRCA2 positive, were analyzed by the University of Cambridge in order to find age specific risk for breast … Continued
(June 23, 2017) A clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology focused on a largely understudied area of cancer survivorship: chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in women. Forty seven … Continued
According to recent reports, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon seek to limit access to oral contraception benefits. “The proposed rule allowing employers to deny insurance … Continued
(June 1, 2017) A study, published last month in Gynecologic Oncology, focused on an area of ovarian cancer that is rarely talked about: the quality of life (QOL) for long … Continued
The White House has released a proposed budget for FY2018 that makes drastic cuts to the budgets for the National Institute of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and … Continued
(May 25, 2017) A retrospective study, published earlier this month in Obstetrics & Gynecology, looked at when women with ovarian cancer developed blood clots. One in four women diagnosed with … Continued
(May 22, 2017) A recent study from the Netherlands found that a combination of cognitive behavior therapies had a positive effect on FCR, or Fear of Cancer Recurrence. Eighty-eight cancer survivors, … Continued
(May 2, 2017) A study, published in Gynecologic Oncology, revealed the importance of tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 for ovarian cancer patients. This tumor antigen, although not normally found in healthy cells, … Continued
(April 26, 2017) A study recently published in Cancer evaluates the effect that cediranib, a drugs that stops the growth of new blood vessels, has on a patient’s quality of … Continued
(April 25, 2017) Researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute used data from 15 different studies that were part of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, partially funded by OCRFA, to examine … Continued
A study published in Nature Genetics has identified nine new susceptibility loci, or disease-associated alleles, for different epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) histotypes and three susceptibility loci within BRCA1 and 2 … Continued
(April 21, 2017) Endometriosis, a condition where the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus grows outside the uterus, has been found to be associated with an increased risk … Continued
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