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News: May 28, 2012
U.S. Panel Rejects Ovarian Cancer Screening
TUESDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A leading U.S. government panel has renewed its 2004 recommendation that women at average risk for ovarian cancer not get screened for the disease. The currently used blood test and transvaginal ultrasound may...
Black Women, Uninsured Get Worse Ovarian Cancer Care: Study
TUESDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- Women with ovarian cancer who are black, either uninsured or Medicare recipients, or who have annual incomes of less than $35,000 are more likely to receive poorer-quality care, a new study shows. Researchers ...
Endometriosis Could Raise Risk of 3 Ovarian Cancers
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Women with a history of endometriosis have a significantly increased risk of developing three types of ovarian cancer, according to a new study. Endometriosis is a disorder in which cells from the lining of t...
Vaccine to Treat Breast, Ovarian Cancers Shows Promise
TUESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine that coaxes the body to attack tumor cells has shown promise in a small study of advanced breast and ovarian cancer patients, improving overall survival times and stopping the disease for a handful of ...
Ovarian Tumors May Develop Years After Fertility Therapy
THURSDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Women who undergo ovarian stimulation to produce extra eggs for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are at increased risk for a type of growth known as "borderline ovarian tumors," new research suggests. Borderline o...
Trial Drug Shows Preliminary Promise Against Ovarian Cancer
SUNDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that's shown promise against ovarian cancer caused by mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes may also be effective against ovarian cancer not caused by those gene mutations, according to a ne...
Blood Antibody May Signal Start of Ovarian Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have found an antibody that might someday be useful in identifying women who have a higher risk of ovarian cancer, or possibly diagnosing early ovarian cancer. This particular antibody, which was ...
Scientists Spot Possible Target in Ovarian Cancer
TUESDAY, July 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers seeking a way to beat cancer have found that a particular gene, known as PAX8, is altered in a significant number of ovarian tumors, according to a new study. The research is part of Project Achille...
Cancer Drug Avastin Makes Inroads Against Ovarian Tumors
SATURDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies indicate that a common cancer drug, Avastin, may benefit both early stage ovarian cancer patients and women whose cancer has recurred. In both studies, presented Saturday at the annual meeting o...
Study Finds Ovarian Screening Tests Don't ImproveSurvival
SATURDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that the only two tests available to screen for ovarian cancer don't reduce the average woman's risk of dying from this "silent killer." Screening with a blood test and then a transvaginal ul...
Study Finds Ovarian Screening Tests Don't Improve Survival
SATURDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that the only two tests available to screen for ovarian cancer don't reduce the average woman's risk of dying from this "silent killer." Screening with a blood test and then a transvaginal ul...
Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Won't Raise Other Health Risks: Study
WEDNESDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) -- Among women who have had a hysterectomy, those whose ovaries were also removed had a lower risk of subsequent ovarian cancer and no greater risks of heart disease, hip fractures or other types of cancer, a n...
Ovarian Cancer Prognosis May Depend on Gene Mutations
MONDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Ovarian cancer patients with the BRCA2 gene mutation are more likely to survive than those with the BRCA1 mutation or patients without either mutation, a new study finds. U.S. researchers analyzed 3,531 cases of...
Few Lives Saved by Ovarian Cancer Screening: Study
MONDAY, Dec. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Available ovarian cancer screening only slightly reduces the number of deaths from the disease, a new study finds. Until more sensitive screening tests can be developed, other strategies, such as better preventi...
Dad's Family History of Breast, Ovarian Cancer Matters, Too
THURSDAY, October 28 (HealthDay News) -- Women with female relatives who have had breast or ovarian cancer are often acutely aware of their own increased risk and may seek genetic counseling. But they should also pay attention to their father's fa...
New Clues to Treating Ovarian Cancer Relapse
THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that women with ovarian cancer relapse who start chemotherapy as soon as levels of a biomarker for the cancer rise don't live significantly longer than women who wait until symptoms begin t...
Scientists ID 5 Gene Variants Linked to Ovarian Cancer
SUNDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- New genetic variants linked to ovarian cancer risk have been identified by an international consortium of scientists. The researchers analyzed the DNA of more than 10,000 women with ovarian cancer and more than...
Inner Workings of Gene Tied to Breast, Ovarian Cancer Revealed
SUNDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, scientists have succeeded in isolating the lengthy protein encoded by the BRCA2 gene. Dysfunction of this gene can up the risk for both breast and ovarian cancer.
Novel Ovarian Cancer Test Shows Promise
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A new method for screening for ovarian cancer appears to be 100 percent effective in early testing, researchers say. The approach relies on just a single drop of blood, the molecules of which are vaporized an...
Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer Moves Closer
THURSDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- A step-wise approach accurately spots early stage ovarian cancer in older women at average risk for the disease, new research suggests. This cancer is known as a silent killer because it is often diagnosed too ...
Combo Test Might Spot Ovarian Cancer Early
THURSDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The ability to detect early-stage ovarian cancer may be improved by using contrast-enhanced ultrasound combined with proteomic analyses of blood samples, a new study shows. Proteomics is the study of proteins,...
Markers for Ovarian Cancer May Show Up Years Earlier
TUESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Concentrations of several biomarkers begin to grow three years before women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but only reach substantial elevation levels over the 12 months before diagnosis, new research finds....
Leukemia Drug May Help Some Ovarian Cancer Patients
THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A drug for people with a form of leukemia holds promise as a possible treatment for ovarian cancer, new research suggests. The drug dasatinib (Sprycel) is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia. Researchers at...
New Chemo Regimen May Benefit Ovarian Cancer Patients
SUNDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Dose-dense chemotherapy improves survival in women with advanced ovarian cancer, Japanese researchers say. Currently, paclitaxel and carboplatin given every three weeks is considered standard first-line chemoth...
Ovarian Cancer Test Approved
FRIDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test for women with pelvic tumors that are known to need surgery. The test, called OVA1, will help doctors decide if the tumor probably is ovarian cancer...
Fertility Can Be Preserved in Ovarian Cancer Patients
MONDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Saving the uterus or one ovary of a young woman with early-stage ovarian cancer can preserve her fertility without compromising her survival, a new study has found. Researchers at Columbia University College of ...
Many Opt for Surgery to Lower Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk
FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Many women with a high risk of breast or ovarian cancer have surgery to remove their breasts or ovaries in order to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer, English researchers report. Their study included 211...
'Suicide' Genes Help Slow Ovarian Tumor Growth in Mice
THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with "suicide" genes slowed ovarian tumor growth in mice and may one day offer a way to treat late-stage ovarian cancer in women, U.S. scientists say. Currently, there is no effective treatment for a...
Hormone Therapy Increases Odds of Ovarian Cancer
TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take hormone replacement therapy or have taken it in the recent past have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, suggests new research. In a large Danish study, compared to women who never took h...
Early Menstruation Lowers Odds of Surviving Ovarian Cancer
THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Among women with ovarian cancer, those who had their first menstrual period before the age of 12 and who had the most menstrual cycles over a lifetime are more likely to die of the cancer than those who had few...
Ovarian Cancer Breakthrough Heralds New Era of Treatment
WEDNESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers have zeroed in on the cause of a deadly type of ovarian cancer, a finding that could lead to successful treatment of the rare granulosa cell tumors. The culprit is a single mutation out o...
New Insights, Inroads Against Breast, Ovarian Cancers
SUNDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) -- "It's nice to be here. It's nice to be anywhere," singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, a self-described 17-year breast cancer "thriver," told reporters at one of the world's largest gatherings of cancer special...
Gene Studies Reveal Cancer's Secrets
TUESDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) -- A close look at a tumor's or patient's genetics can provide important, potentially lifesaving clues to preventing and treating cancer. So say scientists who outlined their research Tuesday in five presentation...
Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer
SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the drug dasatinib to a standard, two-drug chemotherapy regimen for treating ovarian cancer boosted the effectiveness of the drugs in laboratory tests, new research shows. Researchers at the Duke Compreh...
Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors
TUESDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Early-stage ovarian cancers may be slower growing and less likely to spread than the more aggressive forms typically found in advanced stages of the disease, researchers report. The finding calls into question...
Combo Screening Doesn't Spot Early Ovarian Cancer
FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- A screening regimen that combines ultrasound and a blood test to detect CA125, a marker for ovarian cancer, fails to discover the cancer in its early stages and often results in unnecessary surgery, a new study...
Combo of Tests Might Spot Ovarian Cancer Early
TUESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Used together, a blood test and an ultrasound scan may be effective in detecting ovarian cancer in its early and more curable stages, British researchers report. The two-step detection method could become a ne...
Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
FRIDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take fertility drugs do not have an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a large study by Danish researchers. There's been ongoing debate about whether fertility drugs boost the lik...
Ovary Removal Lowers Odds of Cancer in High-Risk Women
TUESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Removing the ovaries of women with a high risk of breast and ovarian cancer due to mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes does substantially reduce their risk of getting both cancers, a new study confirms. Researche...
Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer
MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Obese postmenopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy may face an increased risk of ovarian cancer, compared to normal-weight women, a new study suggests. Interestingly, obese women who have ...
Low Levels of 2 Enzymes in Ovarian Cancer Cells Shortened Survival
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Women with ovarian cancer who had low levels of either of two enzymes associated with their tumors tended to die much sooner than women who had higher levels of one of the two enzymes, new research shows. The...
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