Inherited changes in the tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, raise lifetime risk substantially. For ovarian cancer, the ...

Ovarian cancer, often termed a 'silent killer,' is frequently diagnosed late due to subtle, easily dismissed early symptoms ...

Ovarian cancer often goes undetected until it spreads to other areas. In its late stages it’s harder to treat. Now there’s an unconventional treatment being used to get rid of it. When her stomach ...

A recent International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer study evaluates the efficacy of symptom-triggered testing in detecting early-stage ovarian cancer. Study: Symptom-triggered testing detects early ...

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) accounts for the most significant number of deaths from female reproductive system cancers. Although effective treatments are available at early stages of EOC, timely ...

Following her cancer diagnosis, Tuttle, now 46, underwent many surgeries and endured chemotherapy. And the treatment took a ...

Navigating the treatment of a deadly form of cancer can be not just physically, but emotionally exhausting. Finding out the ...

Your treatment for ovarian cancer will likely include surgery to remove tumors and affected organs. Doctors usually recommend chemotherapy, which kills cancer cells, for most ovarian cancer stages.

A two-step screening strategy in postmenopausal women demonstrated a high specificity, sensitivity, and positive predictive value for detecting ovarian and borderline cancer, with most identified as ...

Twenty-two prospective randomized studies were analyzed, which included 4,626 patients. No difference between adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) and radiotherapy was found. There is agreement on that patients ...

Among patients with high-risk early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer, 72% had at least one symptom, the most common of which was abdominal or pelvic pain, according to a retrospective study in ...