Welcome to study of the week, a new series from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is…
According to a story from Targeted Oncology, Dr. Bradley Monk talked about the importance of molecular testing in determining the treatment course for ovarian cancer at the Targeted Oncology Case…
The latest news from Israeli scientists, published in the Times of Israel, is that researchers at Tel Aviv University have accurately targeted cancerous cells in mice using CRISPR.…
According to a story from Cancer Network, the European Commission has recently approved a two-part combination treatment for advanced, homologous recombination deficiency (HRD)-positive ovarian cancer. This first-line maintenance treatment consists…
Each year, around 14,000 U.S. deaths are attributed to ovarian cancer. Yet researchers have historically struggled to find an exact cause of the cancer, or to understand exactly how…
In her early 20's, Mackenzie Alleman lost her mother to breast cancer. Then, at 28, she herself underwent a preventative double mastectomy after learning that she carried the mutated BRCA1 gene.…
Lynparaza is back in the news again, but this time, according to Cure Today, the FDA approved the drug in combination with Avastin for advanced ovarian cancer to prevent progression…
According to a press release from PR Newswire and GuruFocus, drug discovery and development company Sutro Biopharma received promising phase 1 clinical data for their drug therapy STRO-002. Their Phase…
Recently, says Medical XPress, an international research team discovered that the drug therapy 2-deoxy D-glucose can slow cell growth. In patients with ovarian cancer, the drug can halt the growth…
Poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have played an increasing role in the treatment of ovarian cancer. They are being very heavily studied in clinical trials, both for the treatment of…
By Jack Gerard from In The Cloud Copy Medical response dogs are trained to recognize potential medical problems with their owners, alerting them or someone else when they detect a…
According to a story from Targeted Oncology, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to the experimental drug OMP-305B83, also known as navicixiumab. This designation…
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has just announced that Zejula, otherwise known as niraparib, has just been approved for cancer patients beyond those who have a BRCA+ mutation. The patients now included in…
According to a publication from OncLive, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted priority review status to a supplemental biologics license application for Zejula. Zejula (generic name niraparib) is…
Did you know that people who have had cancer before are more likely to get a second cancer than people who have never had cancer at all? Cancer survivors…
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Health News Digest recently published an article that describes a simple blood test called DELFI, meaning DNA evaluation of fragments for early interception. Its simplicity belies the fact that it can detect…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, AstraZeneca and Merck have recently announced the results from a phase 3 clinical trial testing olaparib (marketed as LYNPARZA®) as a treatment for BRCA…
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CRISPR-Cas9, the genome editing tool, has caused quite a stir in the scientific community. According to a recent article in Science Daily, with results published in Nature Communications, CRISPR has…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, the biopharmaceutical company Clovis Oncology, Inc. recently released data from a phase 3 clinical trial of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer taking the company's…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Innovation Pharmaceuticals recently released a report in which recent studies and pre-clinical research has suggested that the company's experimental drug Kevetrin…
According to a story from The Del Mar Times, the Susan Poorman Blackie Ovarian Cancer Foundation (SPB Foundation) and the Clearity Foundation have recently partnered in order to facilitate a…
According to a story from kshb.com, Maureen Boesen was already prepared for the worst when she first took a DNA test in order to determine if she carried a BRCA…
According to a publication from Live Science, researchers from around the world are working on a way to identify cancer in the body more efficiently and reliably. One way scientists…
When Julie Francisco was running on her 55th birthday, she could not ignore the pain in her lower abdomen and how “off" and slow her body felt. After a…
According to a story from finanzen.ch, the drug companies Pfizer and Merck recently released a joint statement in which they announced that the companies' Phase III clinical trial would be…
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