(April 20, 2017) Researchers from the National Cancer Institute assessed trends in the receipt of guideline care and 2-year cause-specific survival for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The study included … Continued
(April 7, 2017) A major new study published in Science claims that the reason why many people get cancer is simply just bad luck. It’s normal for people to seek … Continued
(March 28, 2017) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved niraparib (ZEJULA, TESARO, Inc.), poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, … Continued
(March 23, 2017) OCRFA staff and volunteers recently attended the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, held March 11-14, 2017 in Maryland. Every year women’s cancer … Continued
(March 15, 2017) Results from a large study showed that screening for ovarian cancer in high-risk patients led to detection of significantly more early-stage disease as compared with the year … Continued
(March 6, 2017) A team from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, including OCRFA Scientific Advisory Committee Member Dr. Robert Coleman, published a study in Journal of Clinical Oncology … Continued
(February 7, 2017) An OCRFA funded study, published on January 13, 2017 in Oncotarget, sheds light on EMSY, a gene that researchers at New York University Langone Medical Center now … Continued
(February 3, 2017) Results from the ARIEL2 trial, funded in part by OCRFA’s grant to the Stand Up to Cancer Ovarian Cancer Dream Team, were recently published in The Lancet. … Continued
(January 30, 2017) In a study funded in part by OCRFA, and published this month in Oncotarget, researchers, including first author and former OCRFA grantee Petar Jelinic, PhD, studied EMSY, … Continued
(January 20, 2017) OCRFA has awarded $5.6 million in new scientific research grants for ovarian cancer, bringing our total investment in life-saving research to over $75 million. This year’s grants … Continued
OCRFA’s Community Partners (formerly called Partner Members) are outstanding grassroots, local and national organizations around the country who share a commitment to eradicate ovarian cancer through research, advocacy, support, education … Continued
Update: The 2017 Scholarship Application closed on April 2, 2017. Our scholarship program allows patients and caregivers to learn about ovarian cancer and connect with others who share their experiences. … Continued
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