Results from a Phase 3 trial of the medicine Lynparza (olaparib) for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer in women with the BRCA-mutation have been announced as positive. The full…
According to News Medical, a group of researchers at Johns Hopkins and the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy recently found encouraging results for a study involving immunotherapy to treat a…
According to a story from bioengineer.org, a group of scientists working at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) have managed to develop a computational model that could potentially make highly…
According to a story from Wink News, an alternative chemotherapy approach is helping patients get rid of cancers of internal organs or otherwise in the abdominal cavity. The approach is…
According to Sleep Review, researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine are studying DNA repair after damage from anti-cancer drugs as well as DNA repair and how…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the drug development company AIVITA Biomedical recently announced that the first patient in its Phase II clinical trial has been randomized. This is…
There are many mysteries still contained in human biology. Circadian clocks and DNA repair seem to share an interaction that may be one of them. Furthermore, based on research from…
According to a story from Mirror, the advocacy group Patient Concern is calling out the UK's National Health Service (NHS) for failing to treat cancer patients appropriately. The claims are…
Cancer treatment is most successful when the cancer can be detected early. The earlier the better. According to Newsweek, a new screening test may be able to detect cancer faster…
According to a story from The Guardian, doctors are celebrating the effectiveness of an all new, experimental immunotherapy that was able to totally eliminate a case of metastatic breast cancer…
Studies show that if your father's mother, your paternal grandmother, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, you are at a higher risk for the disease than if your grandmother on your…
According to a story from Worldpharmanews, a PARP inhibitor drug that is commonly used to treat ovarian cancer for patients with BRCA gene mutations could also be effective against pancreatic…
According to a story from Ovarian Cancer News, a recent study has allowed scientists to determine why some people appear to be resistant to poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors.…
In St. Louis, Missouri, a local start-up is using novel research to make a big difference. The start-up, known as Unleash seeks to develop a unique cure for cancer. Keep…
A press release from Aprea Theraputics has just announced the results of a Phase II clinical trial of the drug APR-246 in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (a group of blood…
Do you have to be tested for an inherited gene mutation if you have already had cancer? Can a woman get a genetic mutation from her father? If you have…
According to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, a very common form of ovarian cancer may actually find its beginnings in the fallopian tubes, the tube that eggs…
According to a story from Innovation Toronto, a recent study has helped develop methods that could be used to create cell-based, personalized immunotherapy treatments that could be used to treat…
According to a story from CBS DFW, doctors have begun to test the use of fluorescent dyes in order to detect hidden cancer tumors. So far, the dyes appear to…
According to a story from The Globe and Mail, doctors were baffled after four young women who had a deadly and rare type of ovarian cancer were saved with an…
According to an article from Medical Xpress, a recent study suggests that an anti-cancer drug commonly used to treat leukemia may be effective in treating a rare form of ovarian…
Author Emma Hannigan passed away March 3rd 2018. Hannigan led a life of strength and dignity, persevering through her cancer diagnosis. Her husband, Cian, left a touching tribute to his…
A new study by Northwestern scientists shares that patients with Huntington's disease are much less likely to develop cancer because the disease is toxic to cancer cells, recently reported by News…
Ovarian cancer diagnosis is extremely rare in women under the age of 20, yet Kronenwetter teenager, Khiana Bradsaw, was diagnosed at the young age of 13-years-old, reports ABC 9 News…
According to a story from time.com, birth control pills may help reduce the risk of developing endometrial and ovarian cancer. This was after taking into account other potential risk factors,…
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