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No Difference in Breast Cancer Characteristics After Oophorectomy, Researchers Report
May 28, 2010 — Researchers report that women who have had a bilateral oophorectomy tend to have smaller tumors and to have their tumors detected by mammography rather than by physical exam. The use of hormone ... > full story -
Cancer Researchers Link Ovarian Hormone to Breast Stem Cells Growth
May 5, 2010 — Cancer researchers have discovered that the ovarian hormone progesterone plays a pivotal role in altering breast stem cells, a finding that has important implications for breast cancer ... > full story -
Flaxseed-Fed Chickens Shed Light on Ovarian Cancer
May 4, 2010 — In the race to find answers about ovarian cancer, researchers now have something to cluck about. The researchers have been using the chicken as a model to study this deadly disease and have recently ... > full story -
Curcumin Nanoparticles 'Open Up' Resistant Cancers
April 28, 2010 — Pre-treatment with curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric, makes ovarian cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Researchers found that delivering the curcumin via very ... > full story -
Researchers Identify Early Ovarian Cancers: Discovery May Facilitate Development of Screening Test
April 26, 2010 — Ovarian cancer kills nearly 15,000 women in the United States each year, and fewer than half of the women diagnosed with the disease survive five years. A screening test that detects ovarian cancer ... > full story -
New Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Gene Identified
April 21, 2010 — Medical researchers report evidence unambiguously implicating the gene RAD51C in susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer. This gene normally plays a role in DNA repair. By screening RAD51C in ... > full story -
Ovarian Cancer Study Offers Vital Clues for New Therapies
April 21, 2010 — Scientists have taken a major step forward in the understanding of ovarian cancer, which could improve treatment for patients with the ... > full story -
Engineered Antibodies Directed Against a Promising Therapeutic Target on Ovarian Cancer Cells
April 19, 2010 — Stealthy and stubborn, ovarian cancer is a particularly vexing malignancy, difficult to diagnose in early stages and difficult to treat once it progresses further. However, research is now focusing ... > full story -
How Resistance to Cisplatin Arises: Platinum-Based Cancer Drugs Destroy Tumor Cells by Binding to DNA Strands
April 14, 2010 — Cancer biologists have shown how that resistance arises, a finding that could help researchers design new drugs that overcome cisplatin ... > full story -
Breast Cancer Patients With BRCA Mutations Four Times More Likely to Get Cancer in Opposite Breast
April 5, 2010 — Women with breast cancer before age 55 who carry an inherited mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 are four times more likely to develop cancer in the breast opposite, or ... > full story
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