ovarian cancer

The daughter-in-law of EstA©e Lauder was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007, but still continued to work for the makeup company and promote cancer awareness around the world.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new analysis has found that many doctors report that they do not appropriately offer breast and ovarian cancer counseling and testing services to their female patients.

Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that efforts are needed to encourage these services for high-risk women and discourage them for average-risk women.

(European Society for Medical Oncology) A drug being developed as a treatment for ovarian cancer has shown single agent activity with durable disease control in some patients in a Phase-II clinical trial, an international research group has reported

(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) Investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute have discovered a way that may help ovarian cancer patients who no longer respond to conventional chemotherapy.

Food and Drug Administration scientists are questioning whether study results are reliable enough to warrant approval for a new cancer drug from Johnson & Johnson.