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Angelina Jolie is making even more headlines than usual as she speaks openly about falling in love with Brad Pitt. She also confirmed that her mother is battling ovarian cancer. Jolie says in an interview with CNN host Larry King that her 56-year-old mom, Marcheline Bertrand, is doing good and she expects her to win [...]
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British scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of ovarian cancer by discovering a way to reverse the resistance to drugs that denies thousands of women patients each year a chance of survival. Ovarian Cancer is a common disease and one of the hardest to treat. Around 70 per cent of patients cannot [...]
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According to a new study, if you prefer having onions and garlic in your daily diet, you might have lower odds of certain types of cancers. After analyzing eight different studies from Switzerland and Italy, researchers found that adults who have the highest intake of onions or garlic in their diet had the lowest risk [...]
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According to a new research, a protein tests spots risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer in women. Not all women have mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes for breast and ovarian cancer but still have a strong family history. Tanja Pejovic, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Oregon Health & [...]
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Recent research indicates that obesity makes ovarian cancer deadlier and more likely to recur. According to physician and senior author of the study, Dr. Andrew J. Li of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, maintaining ideal body weight is important for many reasons. This is just one more reason to reduce obesity — because obese women suffering [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Findings from a new study confirm that obesity is associated with decreased survival among women with ovarian cancer. “A large study reported last year showed that obesity adversely affects the survival of a number of cancers, including ovarian,” senior author Dr. Andrew J. Li, from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los [...]
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MONDAY, Aug. 28 — (HealthDay News) — Obese women with ovarian cancer typically fare worse than those who are not obese, a new study shows. “If women develop ovarian cancer and they are obese, they have a lower chance of survival than those who are overweight or normal weight,” noted senior researcher Dr. Andrew Li, [...]
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A new gene-based technique could help fight killer ovarian cancer, researchers report. Tiny fatty spheres (liposomes) loaded with genetic material called “short interfering RNA” (siRNA) were able to penetrate deeply into ovarian tumor cells and silence a targeted protein (FAK), say researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston. FAK (focal [...]
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A study of women with ovarian cancer undergoing chemotherapy shows that those with a more optimistic outlook were less distressed and had a better quality of life. The study team also found that higher levels of optimism at the start of treatment were associated with greater declines in cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) levels during [...]
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FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered is a nonprofit organization for women with increased risk of cancer due to family history and genetic status, and for members and families in which BRCA mutation may be present. You can find information on risk management, health care, advocacy and also join in on a chat line [...]
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University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers have confirmed what more than a few cancer patients have personally believed for some time now. Stress increases cancer growth and finding ways to relax and reduce stress is beneficial to cancer survivorship. In a preclinical study carried out on mice with ovarian cancer, researchers found [...]
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Eli Lilly and Company has announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has approved gemcitabine HCl, known as Gemzar, in chemotherapy cancer treatments for women facing recurrent ovarian cancer. Gemzar is only approved for the treatment of ovarian cancer when used in combination with carboplatin, another chemotherapy drug currently used to treat [...]
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