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Secondary surgery does not improve overall survival for recurrent ovarian cancer patients
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported that secondary tumour-reduction, or…
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Contraceptive drug shows promise for preventing and regressing cervical cancer
A study in The American Journal of Pathology, reports that medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), the active ingredient…
Mailed self-sampling kits helped more women get screened for cervical cancer
Signalling a potential major change in cervical cancer screening options for women, a study found…
NCRI 2019: Cervical pre-cancer can be detected in self-collected urine or vaginal samples
Researchers have developed a non-invasive test to detect cervical pre-cancer by analysing urine and vaginal…
NCRI 2019: Blood test can help GPs spot ovarian cancer in women with suspicious symptoms
Testing for levels of CA125 in the blood is a useful tool for gauging the…
Subgroups of breast and ovarian cancers exhibit the same unique drug sensitivity
Precision oncology aims to use genetic features of a patient’s tumour to tailor anti-cancer therapy.…
Oxygen in hyperbaric chamber provides relief after radiotherapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can relieve self-reported symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy against cancer in…
‘Wild idea’ opens possible new frontier for preventing ovarian cancer
A laboratory study published in Clinical Cancer Research offers a new hypothesis about how ovarian cancer forms…
Gene editing successfully used to treat cervical cancer in mice
The Griffith University scientists used CRISPR-Cas9 to successfully target and treat cervical cancer tumours in…
ESMO 2019: More ovarian cancer patients benefit from maintenance combined targeted therapy
New data presented at the ESMO Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, show the benefit of a more…