Could the contraceptive pill reduce risk of ovarian cancer?
It’s a little pill with big responsibilities. But despite its primary role to prevent pregnancy,…
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First evidence of olaparib maintenance therapy in patients with newly diagnosed homologous recombination deficient positive/BRCA wild-type ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer, a deadly gynecologic malignancy, has seen a significant shift in its treatment paradigm…
Study identifies how ovarian cancer protects itself
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA, have discovered a way…
Discovery finds how ovarian cancer disables immune cells
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have discovered a mechanism that ovarian tumours use to cripple immune…
Scientist develops new model for ovarian cancer – with crossover to uterine cancer
Most uterine cancers have excellent five-year survival rates – up to 95% for localised cancer.…
Funding to create world’s first ovarian cancer prevention vaccine
In this study, the Cancer Research UK-funded scientists will establish the targets for the vaccine.…
AI ‘liquid biopsies’ using cell-free DNA, protein biomarkers, could aid early detection of ovarian cancer
A blood test that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect cancer-related genetic changes and protein…
Most accurate ultrasound test could detect 96% of women with ovarian cancer
An ultrasound test that detected 96% of ovarian cancers in postmenopausal women should replace the…
Ovarian cancer discovery: targetable variant RAD51D found in Chinese patients
Researchers from BGI Genomics and Fudan University published new findings on OV among Chinese patients…
Preclinical study explores approved drug for ovarian cancer
An iron-binding drug that is already approved for treatment of other diseases could provide a…