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Dec 7, 2015

A New Report from USPSTF

...in improving benefits and reducing harmful outcomes.” The report also calls for genetic counseling for women with increased risk of BRCA mutations. The USPSTF is an independent panel of health...

Dec 21, 2016

Some Fallopian Tube Lesions Represent Ovarian Cancer Metastases, Not Precursor Lesions

...population levels. In studying the origin of HGSC, it remains important to separate cases driven by germline mutations in BRCA1/2 or other ovarian cancer susceptibility genes from sporadic carcinomas. Eckert...

Dec 21, 2020

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...

Aug 1, 2016

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...

Jul 20, 2023

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,...

Mar 30, 2015

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....

Jun 7, 2019

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...

Jul 14, 2020

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...

May 12, 2021

Can You Get Ovarian Cancer At Any Age?

...ovarian, uterine, prostate, 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...

Dec 9, 2013

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...

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