Gail Baird Foundation Research Grant Ovarian cancer (OC) ranks among the top five deadliest cancers in women and its low survival rate has not improved significantly in the last 40 years… Read on
More than 14,000 patients in the United States die of ovarian cancer each year, making this cancer the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States… Read on
A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology provides new insight into previously established research that oral contraceptive use is connected to lower ovarian cancer risk in the general population, by more closely… Read on
A long-running study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, published in Nature Cancer and co-funded by OCRA, has discovered that the antibiotic novobiocin is capable of targeting and killing tumor cells in laboratory cell lines and tumor models with… Read on
We are all made up of genes. They are the building blocks of what make us human, and scientists are discovering new functions of genes every day. Some genes determine hair color or eye color… Read on
Cancer cells display uncontrollable growth and high genetic instability… Read on
(August 22, 2019) This week, The US Preventive Services Task Force published new recommendations on risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA mutations and BRCA-related cancers… Read on
Join the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania and Central Synagogue for a dynamic panel discussion about BRCA mutations and hereditary cancers… Read on
Join the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania and Congregation Beth El for a dynamic evening about the experience of living with BRCA mutations and hereditary cancers… Read on
Hereditary mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose carriers to ovarian cancer… Read on
(September 19, 2018) Researchers at the University of Washington recently made a breakthrough in identifying and confirming variants of the BRCA1 mutation, a gene mutation that increases a woman’s risk of breast and ovarian cancers… Read on
