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Sep 11, 2012

USPSTF Recommends Against Routine Screening For Ovarian Cancer

...at higher risk for developing ovarian cancer. Risk factors include family history of ovarian cancer, mutations in genes known to increase risk (BRCA1 and BRCA2), diagnosis of pre-menopausal breast cancer...

Oct 12, 2012

Q&A with Melinda Yates, Ph.D.

...research findings into advances that can improve health outcomes in women at high-risk for ovarian cancer due to inherited mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Dr. Yates has received...

Apr 24, 2023

Study Finds Genetic Testing Underutilized Among Ovarian Cancer Patients

...While the numbers of those tested increased over time, and especially accelerated after the approval of PARP inhibitors for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutated chemotherapy-refractory ovarian cancer in December 2014, the...

Jun 21, 2016

June 2016 ASCO Highlights

...intravenous chemotherapy and stating that BRCA1/2 patients could benefit from the use of IP. All agreed that there are unresolved issues regarding the use of IP chemotherapy and much work...

Mar 29, 2013

New Genetic Markers for Ovarian Cancer Discovered

...were identified for breast (n = 1) and ovarian (n = 2) cancers in BRCA1 mutation carriers and for breast cancer (n = 1) in BRCA2 mutation carriers. An epigenetic...

Jun 20, 2016

Highlights from the June 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

...114, and 172) resulted in longer PFS using intraperitoneal compared to intravenous chemotherapy and stating that BRCA1/2 patients could benefit from the use of IP. All agreed that there are...

May 4, 2020

Niraparib Receives FDA Approval as First-Line Maintenance Therapy for Advanced Ovarian Cancer

...regardless of BRCA mutation status. Niraparib was first approved by the FDA for treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer in 2017. This most recent approval means ovarian cancer patients do not...

Feb 28, 2013

Press Release: Cancer Groups Praise Coverage of Genetic Counseling and Testing Under Affordable Care Act, Urge Coverage of Other Vital Services

...and ovarian cancer risk in women with a family history of cancer. Breast and ovarian cancers have been linked to mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The Ovarian Cancer...

Jun 17, 2025

OCRA Featured in Fortune on Surgery That Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk

...does not affect hormone levels or ovarian function. Those with genetic risk—such as a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation—may want to consider salpingectomy even without a separate planned surgery. Explore OCRA’s...

Jan 3, 2012

Partner Member Profile: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered

In the late 1990s, Sue Friedman was diagnosed with breast cancer. She learned that she carried a mutation in the BRCA gene that made her more likely to develop both...

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