Ovarian Cancer news

Team effort to beat ovarian cancer

Canadian researchers are embarking on a project to develop new ways to detect ovarian cancer earlier, when it…    

PET-CT Highly Accurate for Detecting Ovarian Cancer Recurrence

The accuracy of PET-CT for detecting recurrent ovarian cancer is high, more accurate even than either CT…    

Ginger Causes Ovarian Cancer Cells to Die

Ginger is known to ease nausea and control inflammation. But researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer…    

Protein in urine may point to more sensitive screening tests for women with ovarian cancer

According to the National Cancer Institute, ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female…    

Ovarian cancer survival influenced by MD specialty

The survival rate of women with ovarian cancer is improved when surgery is performed by a gynecologic…    

Ovarian Cancer Responds to Aspirin Derivative with Chemotherapy

A new study using ovarian cancer cell lines shows promise in treating the deadly disease by combining the…    

High dairy diet may up ovarian cancer risk

There is “some support” for an association between ovarian cancer and the consumption of milk products, Swedish researchers…    

Specialists provide best outcome for ovarian cancer

Elderly women with ovarian cancer tend to survive longer if they are treated by gynecologic oncologists rather than…    

Abdominal chemotherapy boosts survival in ovarian cancer patients

Women with Stage III ovarian cancer given a combination of intravenous and intraperitoneal chemotherapy following surgical debulking of…    

Body cavity drugs cut ovarian cancer death risk

Injecting anti-cancer drugs into the body cavity, not just into a vein, can dramatically lengthen the lives of…    

Ovarian Cancer Treatment Found to Significantly Improve Survival

According to a study published in the January 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, women…    

65% of ovarian cancer cells sideline body’s defences

Ovarian cancer tumour cells use two separate mechanisms to evade the body’s defensive reaction - and in so…    

Drinking Tea Associated with Lower Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Women who drank at least two cups of tea a day had a lower risk of ovarian cancer…    

Ginkgo may ward off ovarian cancer

Studies conducted in women and in the laboratory strongly suggest that the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba may help…    

Ovarian cancer screening approach may be flawed

Annual ultrasound examination plus a blood tests to detect CA-125, a biologic tumor marker, may be adequate to…    

Bloating, pain may precede ovarian cancer

Abdominal swelling, pain, and other symptoms are common in the months before Ovarian cancer is…    

Goodness of milk ‘offset by ovarian cancer risk’

Drinking just one glass of milk a day may increase the risk of women developing Ovarian…    

Ovarian Cancer Study Gets Aid

Because of unusually close “town-gown” cooperation among cancer specialists, Tampa Bay researchers have come a step closer to…    

Study Finds Aspirin, Vitamin E Don’t Prevent Cancer

The largest women’s study to date on low-dose aspirin and vitamin E delivers bad news on two fronts:…    

Short-term OC use cuts ovarian cancer risk

Taking oral contraceptives (OC) for as little as 6 months offers significant protection against the risk of