On April 28th, the virtual World Orphan Drug Congress USA 2021 was held. The program featured a variety of subjects relevant to the development of orphan drugs and the rare…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
During the Society of Gynecological Oncology 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, researchers presented data from the Phase 2 OVARIO clinical trial. According to Cancer Network, the trial evaluated…
There are many forms of birth control available: oral contraceptives (birth control pills), intrauterine devices (IUDs), the implant or patch, condoms. But according to Cancer Therapy Advisor, a new study…
Dr. Oliver Dorigo of the Stanford University Medical Center was the medical source for an article featured in Oncology. Dr. Dorigo explained that if a woman with ovarian cancer has…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Poly (ADP-Ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARP inhibitors) are used to treat neoplasms. They are frequently used as a therapy for ovarian cancer. A recent study has attempted to detect the possibility…
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…
A study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Cancer Research in London and Cyclacel has recently been published in PLOS ONE. This investigation examined fadraciclib as a potential therapy…
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.…
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…
The Benefits of Genomics The use of genomics in health systems is becoming more of a standard practice. Health systems have been partnering with genomics databases to collect patient data.…
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Susan Winn’s family history of ovarian and breast cancer can be traced back to the 1860s. Susan’s adult daughters, Kathryn, Bridget and Maureen, were recently interviewed with CURE® (Cancer Updates Research…
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…
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