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Gut bacteria are to blame for the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer, new research reveals.

Our cells constantly receive DNA damage from factors such as ultraviolet rays, irradiations, toxins and chemicals. For women, ...

University of Virginia Cancer Center researchers have explained the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer by discovering how gut bacteria interfere with the treatment.

University of Virginia Cancer Center researchers have explained the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer ...

New, less damaging treatments are giving some patients the choice to try to preserve their ability to have children after ...

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Although, when that pain is out of the ordinary, it may be a sign of a ruptured ovarian cyst. Most ovarian cysts are benign and will resolve without surgical intervention. When an ovarian cyst ...

By postponing embryo transfer to a subsequent cycle without ovarian stimulation, the endometrium is suggested to be more receptive. However, the process of freezing and thawing embryos is not without ...

Ovarian cancer is caused by a harmful overgrowth of cells in and around the ovaries. The cancer can start in the lining of the ovary or fallopian tube, the supportive tissue, or in the egg cell. There ...

Meirow estimated that cisplatin causes ovarian failure with an OR of 1.77. Studies of cisplatin treatment in female mice have demonstrated that different types of chromosomal damage are induced ...