In ovarian cancer care, focus on high-volume centres could come at a cost
Limiting ovarian cancer surgery to high-volume hospitals could improve survival but may also reduce access…
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New biomarker test improves diagnosis of ovarian cancer
The majority of women who undergo surgery for suspected ovarian cancer do not have cancer.…
ASCO 2019: Earlier ovarian cancer diagnoses and treatment seen after ACA implementation
An analysis of data from the National Cancer Database found that after implementation of the…
Research could lead to more precise diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer
Oncologists may soon have an accurate and inexpensive way of differentiating between types of ovarian…
Scientists identify genes tied to increased risk of ovarian cancer
A team of researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer, Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…
Ovarian cancer patients undertested for mutations that could guide clinical care
Fewer than a quarter of breast cancer patients and a third of ovarian cancer patients…
AACR 2019: Use of oral contraceptives protects against most-fatal types of ovarian cancer
Researchers have observed for several years that people who have a history of using oral…
Immunotherapy improves prognosis for women with recurrent ovarian cancer in clinical trial
Results from a clinical trial show that a new immunotherapy treatment, when added to standard…
Ovarian cancer drug niraparib maintains remission and extends time without symptoms
Findings from a recent clinical trial presented today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s 50th…
Surge Protector: Novel approach to suppressing therapy-induced tumour growth
In a recent groundbreaking study, a team of researchers led by BIDMC’s Dipak Panigrahy, MD,…