Therapy 'combats ovarian cancer'
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A hormone therapy treatment has proven successful in fighting ovarian cancer, according to research.
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A woman with cancer has had her fertility preserved thanks to doctors who transplanted her ovary into her arm.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Women with early ovarian cancer may benefit from chemotherapy in addition to surgery.
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Scientists have found a way to prevent bowel cancer from growing.
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THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Combining positron emission tomography (PET) and CT scans can help doctors detect more sites of disease in women with recurrent ovarian cancer, identify those patients whose cancer is likely to progress, and influence doctors&#39; management of most patients.
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LONDON -- Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said.
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A drug used to treat bone marrow cancer may also help treat osteoporosis by stimulating stem cells, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Combining periodic infusions of antibodies with a widely used cancer vaccine appears to be more effective and less harsh with melanoma and advanced ovarian cancer patients than using either treatment on its own, a new study shows.
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The estrogen component of oral hormone replacement therapy around the time of menopause is associated with ovarian cancer risk, findings from a Danish study show.
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Ovarian cancer tumors resistant to traditional platinum-based chemotherapy can in some cases have their growth controlled by the drug VEGF-Trap, or aflibercept, based on results of a mid-stage clinical trial, according to French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis.
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NEW YORK  - Hormone therapy should still be offered and can benefit younger women going through menopause, members of the International Menopause Society (IMS) conclude in updated treatment recommendations.
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Women with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer who are successfully treated for the disease may still be at high risk for ovarian cancer, says a University of Toronto study.
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UK scientists uncover a vital clue to stopping cancers spreading around the body, according to research.
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Professionally led support groups may ease anxiety and depression in women who carry gene mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancers, a new study suggests.
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Ovarian cancer is much more curable if detected early, but the disease doesn't usually produce symptoms until it is advanced and current blood tests are not very sensitive in picking it up. A new test may improve the situation, researchers have shown.
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MONDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Health experts see great promise in an experimental blood test designed to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages.
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Scientists have developed a treatment which may be effective against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer.