Tag: Cancer: Ovarian
Ultra-Processed Food Intake Linked to Cancer Burden, Mortality
Risk for cancer, specifically ovarian cancer, increased with each 10 percent increment in UPF consumption
Experts Say Even Low-Risk Women Should Remove Fallopian Tubes to Avoid Cancer
The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance released new guidance advising removal of fallopian tubes when planning a separate gynecologic operation
Acupuncture, Acupressure Beneficial in Gynecologic Cancer Surgery Setting
Improvement seen in severe pain, anxiety for treatment groups receiving preoperative touch/relaxation with or without intraoperative acupuncture
Health Care Access May Affect Receipt of Therapy in Ovarian Cancer
Among ovarian cancer patients, non-Hispanic Blacks remained less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to initiate systemic therapy even after adjustment for health care access scores
Surveillance Feasible for Women Deferring Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy
Ovarian cancer surveillance has modeled sensitivity and specificity of 87.5 and 99.9 percent and is cost-saving
Frequent Aspirin Use Tied to Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk
Association remains regardless of the presence of most other risk factors for ovarian cancer
Patient-Reported Outcomes + Wearable Data Predict Postop Adverse Events
Findings seen among women with gynecologic cancers followed for four weeks
Trametinib Slows Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma
Median progression-free survival significantly prolonged with trametinib versus one of five standard-of-care treatment options
Surgery Plus Chemo Better for Treating Relapsed Ovarian Cancer
Overall survival longer with secondary cytoreductive surgery followed by platinum-based chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone
FDA Approves Imaging Drug That Can Help Surgeons Spot Ovarian Cancers
Drug is designed to improve surgeon's ability to detect ovarian cancer while operating on a patient
