Ovarian Cancer:
Ovarian Cancer, news on ovarian caner, early detection of ovarian cancer and treatment, symptoms and signs of ovarian cancer, clinical trials and ovarian cancer information.
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Sep 12th, 2009
Coming during Ovarian Awareness Month is the news of the first FDA approved blood test to help detect ovarian cancer. The test is called OVA1.
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Sep 5th, 2009
A new treatment approach for metastatic ovarian cancer has been under development through the joint efforts of the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The scientists believe the innovative radiotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer shows a great deal of promise.
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Sep 1st, 2009
September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance is encouraging you and me to wear teal this month, but especially this first Friday in September which has been declared National Teal Day.
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Aug 26th, 2009
Ovarian cancer rates have fallen by almost 20 per cent in a decade.
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Aug 5th, 2009
Scientists have located a region of DNA which – when altered – can increase the risk of ovarian cancer.
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Jul 28th, 2009
Women who take hormone replacement therapy after menopause are at increased risk of ovarian cancer, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Jul 28th, 2009
Ovarian cancer kills an estimated 15,000 women each year in the United States. Another 140,000 women worldwide die from ovarian cancer each year. Most of these deaths are due to cancers which are found after the cancer has spread. Better early tests are needed to find ovarian cancer earlier when it is easier to treat.
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Apr 8th, 2009
We, along with you, have been waiting for an update on Gayane Tovmasyan, the 13 year old Armenian girl with the ovarian tumor. Your kindness has been overwhelming.
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Apr 1st, 2009
The biology of ovarian cancers discovered at an early stage may render them slower growing and less likely to spread than more aggressive cancers, which typically are discovered in an advanced stage.
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Mar 22nd, 2009
Gayane was born in 1995 in Armenia where she still lives with her family in the remote village of Davtashen. She has been diagnosed with an ovarian tumor which has grown so large the doctors say they will need to remove all her reproductive organs. The surgery is scheduled for this week at the Armenian National Center of Oncology in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital.