At Your Own Pace, In Your Own Space: How to Be a Hero in a Pandemic
…in her abdomen that Amy learned she had ovarian cancer. (She also had genetic testing and learned that she was positive for the BRCA gene mutation.) A project is born…
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Impact of Genetic Counseling on Testing and Surgical Prevention in High Risk Women
…and prophylactic surgery. Guidelines recommend genetic counseling and testing for women who have a pedigree suggestive of an inherited susceptibility for ovarian cancer (for example, BRCA1 and 2 genes). The…
Ask the SAC | Why Is the Number of Ovarian Cancer Diagnoses Decreasing?
…risk-reducing surgery in patients with BRCA or other high-risk mutations, and increase in opportunistic salpingectomy.” “Likely many reasons — more use of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), less hormone replacement, better awareness,…
Our Response to Angelina
…that she has a mutation in the BRCA gene, which increases her risk of breast and ovarian cancers. The Alliance received many calls and requests to comment from media outlets….
Highlights from American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Annual Meeting
…a good choice for elderly ovarian cancer patients Evaluating Olaparib for BRCA Wild-Type Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Benefit of Olaparib vs Chemo in Platinum-Sensitive Relapsed Ovarian Cancer Niraparib plus bevacizumab significantly…
The Overview: July 2020
…a novel based on her great grandmother who carried the BRCA gene mutation. And Morgan Gaynor raised $10,000 on a whim through a Facebook fundraiser. You can create your own Facebook fundraiser in…
Can You Get Ovarian Cancer At Any Age?
…uterine, or colorectal cancer before age 50 Are of Ashkenazi or Eastern European Jewish ancestry, as BRCA mutations are more common among this group Have endometriosis Experience early menstruation What’s…
Then & Now: 20 Years and Still Going Strong
…found out that I have the BRCA1 gene mutation that put me at a greater risk of breast and ovarian cancer. While no one I knew of in my family…
Research Round Up: AACR
…of drugs could be expand the use of PARP inhibitors beyond women with BRCA mutations. Suffice to say, it’s an exciting time with lots of potential. Immunotherapy Researchers also spent…
How One Ovarian Cancer Survivor Turned Her Diagnosis Into a Mission to Save Lives | Heroes Highlights
…diagnosed with primary peritoneal cancer in 2009, which came nearly a decade after she underwent a full hysterectomy following breast cancer and the discovery of a BRCA1 genetic mutation, Jane…
Research Prizes
…new therapeutic target for the regimen of BRCA-mutant cancers. Research in her independent lab integrates several cutting-edge genomics and molecular biology tools to study DNA replication and repair mechanisms with…
IP Chemo Shows Survival Benefit
Two studies recently released show a survival benefit for intraperitoneal IP chemotherapy Women with the BRCA1 mutation given IP chemotherapy survived three years longer than those given IV chemotherapy. Read…