LifeIce: A Daughter's Gift of Love Becomes a Mother�...
LifeIce: A Daughter's Gift of Love Becomes a Mother's Legacy
How a daughter's homemade nutritional ice chips for her mother became LifeIce.
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"What Makes My Mother Special" Mother’s Day...
"What Makes My Mother Special" Mother’s Day Campaign
From May 1st until Mother's Day on May 12th, we'll honor special mothers on our website and Facebook.
Update on Treatment for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Update on Treatment for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
A new article summarizes treatment options for women with recurrent ovarian cancer. The article includes information about when to treat a recurrence, what agents are available and the goals of … Continued
Large Study Points to Similarities Between Endometrial and ...
Large Study Points to Similarities Between Endometrial and Ovarian Cancers
According to a large new study published May 2, 2013 in the prestigious journal Nature, researchers have found that endometrial tumors can be reclassified into distinct subtypes based partly on … Continued
Experts Tackle Key Issues for Ovarian Cancer in New White P...
Experts Tackle Key Issues for Ovarian Cancer in New White Paper
Last fall, the Alliance convened a ground-breaking meeting in Washington, DC, to consider some of the most challenging topics facing the ovarian cancer community. A group of researchers, oncologists, regulatory … Continued
Partner Member Profile: Dancing For A Cure
Partner Member Profile: Dancing For A Cure
Susan Friedman was inspired to start Dancing For A Cure when her best friend of 40 years, Karen Schek, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006. “I really wasn’t sure … Continued
Many Ovarian Cancer Patients Use Humor to Cope
Many Ovarian Cancer Patients Use Humor to Cope
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, including former OCRF grantee Stephen Rose, MD, conducted a qualitative research study looking at how patients with recurrent ovarian cancer experience humor to gain … Continued
Report from the American Association of Cancer Researchers ...
Report from the American Association of Cancer Researchers Meeting
Ovarian cancer survivor Susan Leighton reports on her experience at the American Association of Cancer Researchers meeting, which took place in April 2013. For the second year in a row … Continued
Experimental Drug Active in Platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer
Experimental Drug Active in Platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer
Earlier this month at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Cancer Research, OCRF grantee Joyce Liu, MD, MPH presented research showing that 20% of women with platinum-resistant ovarian … Continued
Two-Step Immunotherapy Shows Promise Against Advanced Ovari...
Two-Step Immunotherapy Shows Promise Against Advanced Ovarian Cancer
In a small study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research earlier this month, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania reported success with a new … Continued
Endometriosis Treatments Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk
Endometriosis Treatments Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk
Women who had surgery to treat their endometriosis also lowered their risk of developing ovarian cancer. A study of approximately 600 Swedish women found that those who either had one … Continued
Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Care and Quality
Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Care and Quality
In a new study of over 47,000 women with ovarian cancer, researchers found disparities in the quality of ovarian cancer care and survival according to race and socioeconomic status. Not … Continued