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Hormone Replacement Therapy And Ovarian Cancer
It’s well established that certain forms of hormone replacement therapy ( HRT ) can increase a woman’s risk of breast and ovarian cancer. A new study looked at which types of hormones used to treat menopause symptoms upped risks.
Most Women (Still) Don’t Need Ovarian Cancer Screenings
Cancer that invades the ovaries usually doesn’t have symptoms. Screening for the disease has involved ultrasound and measuring for a molecule that’s present when the disease is. For any screening to be useful, though, it must be proven to save lives.
Living With Ovarian Cancer
Researchers have looked at the value of social support. People living with cancer who are connected with and attached to other people tend to do better, physically, mentally and emotionally. But do they live longer?
Amino Acids, Vitamins and Ovarian Cancer
Amino acids are the body's building blocks for protein. Essential amino acids, which aren't produced by our bodies, are found in meat, fish and dairy products that are involved in a number of different cell functions.
Obesity Doesn't Matter
It's hard to think of a disease or a condition that obesity doesn't either contribute to or aggravate. Well, researchers have found one, and one of our dailyRx contributors isn't surprised.
Gynecological Cancer Radiation Advancement
Radiation therapy of any type can be a lengthy, involved process - often requiring daily treatments over a matter of weeks.
"Liquid Biopsies" Zero in on Ovarian Cancer
Having a biopsy - which retrieves and analyzes tiny bits of a tumor - can be an invasive and expensive proposition. A new method may one day involve only blood samples to look for and identify genes that are out of whack.
Inequality Among Women with Cancer
Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of the American Cancer Society, Otis Brawley , MD, is also the author of How We Do Harm - A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America.
Dual Vaccine for Two Cancers
Work in the field of cancer vaccines isn't exactly what you might think. This method of treating cancers coaches the immune system to attack the cancer, not prevent it. A group of researchers successfully concluded two simultaneous trials on a cancer vaccine, finding that it works well in treating patients with both melanoma and ovarian cancer. Using the vaccine increased both length of remission and average lifespan in cancer patients treated. Ask your oncologist about cancer vaccines. The team from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute conducted two parallel phase II clinical ...
Simple Blood Test May Detect Ovarian Cancer
A new blood test may be able to differentiate between benign or malignant ovarian tumors.  And most importantly, whether chemotherapy is necessary.