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Ovarian Cancer Breakthrough offer Hope for Women’s Health

Ovarian Cancer Breakthrough offer Hope for Women’s Health

The fight that many women have ongoing with ovarian cancer may soon receive a considerable fillip: A drug that is being called the biggest breakthrough of this generation in the fight against ovarian cancer will soon become available. Trails being conducted on the drug Avastin are offering hope that the drug will manage to prolong [...]

New Ovarian Cancer Screening Method Might Work

New Ovarian Cancer Screening Method Might Work

Ovarian cancer is number 8 of the top 10 cancers afflicting women across the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2006 statistics. That means that in 2006, over 12 women of every 100,000 were diagnosed with ovarian cancer all over the world. New Method Those afflicted with ovarian cancer might have [...]

Diet Seen To Impact Ovarian Cancer Survival Rates

Diet Seen To Impact Ovarian Cancer Survival Rates

According to a new study, we may now have yet another reason to eat our fruits and vegetables, and that is in order to survive ovarian cancer. According to a new study, if woman’s diet is rich in vegetables, fruit and grains, she has a better chance at surviving ovarian cancer. The findings were made [...]

Young Women With Early Stage Ovarian Cancer Can Preserve Future Fertility

Young Women With Early Stage Ovarian Cancer Can Preserve Future Fertility

According to a study conducted by American Cancer Society, young women with early stage ovarian cancer may preserve their future chances of getting pregnant by keeping at least one ovary or uterus without increasing the risk. Most of the women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed at later stages. However, up to 17% of ovarian cancer [...]

Genetic Defect Linked To Ovarian Cancer Risk

Genetic Defect Linked To Ovarian Cancer Risk

Researchers have uncovered a genetic defect that significantly increase the chances of developing ovarian cancer by 40 percent in women. It has been estimated that almost one in seven women in Britain carries a rouge DNA that is responsible for ovarian cancer development. Almost 7,000 women develop the disease every year and around 4,300 die.Humans [...]

Tiny Ovarian Tumors Hard To Detect

Tiny Ovarian Tumors Hard To Detect

Researchers reported in a study that tiny ovarian tumors exist unobserved in fallopian tubes for an average of four years before they grow large enough to be detected and therefore the diagnosis of those tumors comes too late to save a woman’s life. The researchers said as the cancer is hard to detect before it [...]

Women Dying Of Ovarian Cancer Misdiagnosis

Women Dying Of Ovarian Cancer Misdiagnosis

Experts warn that women are dying from ovarian cancer that should not be because GPs are not properly trained to notice warning signs when they perform annual inspections. According to a new survey that came out from the Target Ovarian Cancer Study, it took 37% a few visits to the GP before they were properly [...]

Earlier Diagnosis Of Ovarian Cancer Possible With New Screening Method

Earlier Diagnosis Of Ovarian Cancer Possible With New Screening Method

Ovarian cancer is often called the silent killer because in its early stages it has no symptoms. By the time symptoms are noticeable, the cancer has often advanced past the early stages, and most women do not survive. Now, a new way of screening patients may offer doctors and women the chance to catch early [...]