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TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 12 recommendations
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Neurontin for pain management/neuropathy

gpawelski
  • By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • I've written before that anecdotally, drugs like Neurontin are used off-label. Most drugs are prescribed off-label. One must be cautious that off-label remedies are fully discussed with patients and must ...

Test Detects Ovarian Cancer With 99 Percent Accuracy

gpawelski
  • By gpawelski · Posted June 9, 2008
  • Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 4 recommendations
  • Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a blood test with enough sensitivity and specificity to detect early stage ovarian cancer with 99 percent accuracy. Results of this new study are ...

FDA-Approved Drug Dasatinib (Sprycel) Significantly Inhibits OVCA Growth

libbyshope
  • By libbyshope · Posted November 11, 2009
  • Discussion in Research · 3 recommendations
  • The drug dasatinib (Sprycel®), approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in patients with specific types of leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer ...

The Cobwebs In My Brain Are Getting Cleared Out

ThePhoenix
  • By ThePhoenix · Posted yesterday at 9:34 pm
  • Discussion in What, me worry? · 1 recommendation
  • Well, I've always *thought* I might go back to school. I would get so far in the process then drop it, figuring I was too old. Well, I got off my arse and am now enrolled at a technicall institute. I ...

New Guidelines for Mammorgrams

curiouscat
  • By curiouscat · Posted November 17, 2009
  • Discussion in Research · 1 recommendation
  • I was wondering what everyone thought about the "new" guidelines for mammograms? Now they're (whoever "they" are) saying that women don't need mammograms until they are 50 and that doing a self-breast ...

OCNA: @JanetJackson ABC Special with Janet Jackson tonight at 10:00pm EST http://www.ovariancancer.org/2009/11/18/abc-special-with-janet-jackson/

OCNA: You are invited to our Virtual Holiday Dinner Party! http://www.ovariancancer.org/party/

OCNA: We want to serve our community better. Please help us by taking a quick moment to fill out this survey. Thanks! http://tinyurl.com/yg634a4

OCNA: Kathy Bates opens up about her struggle with ovarian cancer (The Commercial Appeal) ... http://tinyurl.com/yj72xa5

OCNA: Nov.16 ice-skating show! Look for us at our booth as we continue to raise awareness of ovarian cancer Get tixs http://tinyurl.com/yf72hkm

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