Ovarian Cancer News

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WOMEN newly diagnosed with breast cancer could be faced with the extra dilemma of having to decide whether to be tested for dangerous gene mutations, as evidence emerges that those with high-risk changes to the ...

Health Discovery Corporation , a leader in support vector machine based molecular diagnostics, and DCL Medical Laboratories, LLC, Indianapolis, IN, a full-service, clinical reference laboratory, today announced ...

MANITOWOC - If Cindy Nesgoda, Mary Matthias and Merry Koch were into text messaging, they'd sign off every one "BFF." Their shared battles with cancer over the past decade have brought the three women together ...

Joni Adams Bliss, who was the first woman to serve as managing editor of the Southeast Missourian and who is credited for building Southeast Missouri Hospital's Web site into a major source of medical ...

The Kenmure Fights Cancer committee on July 16 presented checks totaling $28,000 to Park Ridge Hospital and Pardee Hospital for their cancer programs.

Perihepatic metastases from ovarian cancer: sensitivity and specificity of CT for the detection of metastases with and those without liver parenchymal invasion.

The body of a patient was kept for 16 hours in the female medicine ward of NRS Medical College and Hospital on Saturday, causing discomfort to other patients.

About 16,000 Ohioans are stuck on a Medicaid backlog and officials say they're trying to fix that.

There is not enough evidence to justify the routine removal of the ovaries during hysterectomy -- a common practice that may convey as many risks as benefits for premenopausal women, a new analysis suggests.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The regular use of over-the-counter analgesic drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, does not appear to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, according to findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

It has been suggested that inflammation may be involved in the development of ovarian cancer, "possibly acting in concert with ovulation," Dr. Mary Anne Rossing, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, and colleagues write. Drugs with anti-inflammatory effects, such as aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), have been suggested as possible treatment to prevent the development of ovarian cancer.

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. , , today announced that Dr. Alton L. Boynton, its President and Chief Executive Officer, will deliver a presentation updating the Company's progress in the development of ...

Ovarian cancer is the most frequent cause of death from gynaecological cancer in the Western world.

Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body.

She's fought off evil mutants as X-Men 's Storm, but Halley Berry 's next foe is even deadlier: ovarian cancer.

The Australian hospital laboratory used to test New Zealand women for genetic susceptibility to an aggressive form of breast and ovarian cancer will continue the tests despite a patent row, the Auckland ...

For premenopausal women, the decision of whether to undergo a hysterectomy - 'removal of the uterus - ' is a challenging one.

The 14th annual Swedish SummeRun will take place Sunday July 27 at 8 a.m. on Seattle's First Hill.

Genetic tests for breast cancer could become "vastly more expensive" and harder to access after a biotech company announced it would enforce its exclusive rights over two genes.

In her fight against ovarian cancer, Battle Creek resident Michelle Ostergren said she has her good days and her bad.