Test measures immune response to improve ovarian cancer diagnosis
Researchers have developed a simple blood test that measures the body’s own immune response to…
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Scientists closer to finding the cell of origin for ovarian cancer
Researchers at the University of Oxford, UK, are now closer to finding the cell of…
MRI tool can diagnose difficult cases of ovarian cancer
The tool has produced encouraging results in a clinical study and its impact on management…
Ovarian cancer: Current best practice
The Royal Society of Medicine will be holding an event on the Friday 10th January…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
PTSD linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer
Women who experienced six or more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point…
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…