News Related to Ovarian Cancer

1. Symptoms Warn of Ovarian Cancer
   

   June 23, 2008 -- A symptoms checklist, combined with a blood test, can catch 80% of ovarian cancer in its earliest, most curable stages, a new study suggests. Doctors used to call ovarian cancer "the silent killer." That's because it was thought to have no symptoms until the very late stages of dise

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2. Ovarian Cancer Blood Test in the Works
   

   Feb. 13, 2008 -- Yale researchers have developed a simple blood test for ovarian cancer that may do what no current test can -- reliably detect the disease in its early stages while it is still highly curable. Results from the phase II study showed the test to have an accuracy of nearly 99%. A phase

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3. Ovarian Cancer: No Smoke, Alcohol Link
   

   Jan. 22, 2008 -- Smoking and drinking may not make ovarian cancer more likely, and caffeine may cut ovarian cancer risk. That finding comes from a new ovarian cancer study of more than 110,000 U.S. female nurses who were followed for nearly 30 years. The nurses completed health and smoking surveys e

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4. Cranberries Give Boost to Cancer Drug
   

   Aug. 21, 2007 – A simple cranberry juice extract makes platinum-based cancer drugs six times more potent against ovarian cancer. The test-tube findings are a long way from cancer patients' bedsides. But Rutgers University natural products researchers Ajay P. Singh, PhD, and Nicholi Vorsa, PhD, are o

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5. Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
   

   July 23, 2007 -- Scientists today reported that an experimental ovarian cancer vaccine may help treat epithelial ovarian cancer, the most common type of ovarian cancer. The experimental vaccine is still in the early stages of testing in ovarian cancer patients. It 's designed to help prevent a relap

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6. Hormone Help for Ovarian Cancer?
   

   June 15, 2007 -- Ovarian cancers that are sensitive to the hormone estrogen may be partly tamed by anti-estrogen therapy. That's according to a Scottish study published today in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. The researchers included John Smyth, MD, FRCP, a professor of medical oncology at th

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7. Ovarian Cancer: 4 Early Symptoms
   

   June 13, 2007 -- Ovarian cancer symptoms may start early, and three cancer organizations today issued a joint statement telling women what to watch out for. Ovarian cancer is the most deadly cancer of the female reproductive system. Its high death rate is partly due to the lack of early detection an

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8. Symptom List Helps ID Ovarian Cancer
   

   Dec. 11, 2006 -- Ovarian cancer is often considered a "silent killer" with no readily identifiable symptoms, but new research challenges this view in the hopes of finding more of the deadly malignancies early. Because there is no effective screening test to identify early-stage ovarian cancer , roug

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9. New Ovarian Cancer Treatment Working
   

   Nov. 15, 2006 -- Aggressive combination therapy for ovarian cancer is worth the cost and toxicity, a new study shows. The new treatment more than doubles survival time from two and a half years to five and a half years. Ovarian cancer is a killer. It's often well advanced by the time it's diagnosed.

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10. Hormone Therapy May Up Ovarian Cancer
    

    Oct. 4, 2006 -- Women who use menopausal hormone replacement therapy for a decade or longer may be more likely to get ovarian cancer. That news appears in a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The researchers included James Lacey Jr., PhD, of the National Cancer Institut

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