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Discuss the latest in ovarian cancer research. What have you been hearing and reading about in current articles and news reports?

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New Blog post re Promising New Drug Therapies.

Scoobydoobeach
  • By Scoobydoobeach · New reply June 14, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • Who goes to Kauai and writes a blog post? I do! (while waiting for my husband to arrive separately) Please check it out http://helpkeepasisteralive.blogspot.com /2013/06/promising-new-drugs-for-ovarian ...

Translation Please - TSV Ultrasound

sjrnz
  • By sjrnz · New reply June 14, 2013
  • 25 replies
  • Right ovary has an abnormal echotexture predominantly echodense with appearances raising the possibility that most of the ovarian tissue has been replaced by this material. This measures approximately ...

carcinsarcoma

Newlife50
  • By Newlife50 · New reply June 13, 2013
  • 14 replies
  • Hi all I am British and use a site in the uk. I am trying to locate how many women there are with this type of cancer. I know there is very little research and it is out of date but I would like to try ...

NCCN Guidelines for Patients with Ovarian Cancer

SandySTL
  • By SandySTL · New reply June 12, 2013
  • 14 replies
  • I wish I would have been given this guide the day I was told I have Ovarian Cancer. I plan on giving to some family members who are asking more details about what is next after chemo. http://www.nccn.org/patients/patient_gui ...

Brilliant Web Seminar - Immunotherapy for Gynaecological Cancers

Sod-it
  • By Sod-it · New reply June 8, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • I registered for a series of web seminars and have attached the link below for you guys to see the one on Immunotherapy for Gynaecological Cancers which was incredibly informative and hopeful. There are ...

Anyone on a no/low carb diet when dx?

dontworrybhappy
  • By dontworrybhappy · New reply June 8, 2013
  • 23 replies
  • Sorry for any inconvenience my girls but 'this' is the real question I wanted to ask! Anyone on a no/low carb diet at least for a year BEFORE dx? Thanks, hoping to help shed some light on the 'carb' connection ...

REGN 421

Charlayne
  • By Charlayne · New reply June 1, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • Just signed up for the second phase study...Hoping that this study will help others in the future. Of course it would be great if I would benefit from it as well....I have been told I have been the first ...

OVCA and fallopian tubes

gsjcookpausa
  • By gsjcookpausa · New reply May 31, 2013
  • 11 replies
  • I've been away for a few days and don't see that anyone had posted this article from the Phila Inquirer. (I don't want to duplicate posts!) Research is suggesting that ovarian cancer may actually originate ...

Psammocarcinoma anyone?

stenoshannon
  • By stenoshannon · New reply May 31, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • Anyone out there diagnosed with psammocarcinoma? Seems it's very rare type of ovarian cancer. Very little info out there. I was diagnosed in December 2011, had surgery in January 2012, then 6 rounds of ...

Has anyone done a cleansing?

Lindsaylaura
  • By Lindsaylaura · New reply May 28, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • I finished 6 months of taxol/carbo/avastin in March 2012 have been NED since until a Pet scan showed evidence of a small amount of disease. My onocologist is suggesting another 6 rounds do the taxol/carbo ...

Can men carry, transmit & suffer the Braca gene

Bogdan
  • By Bogdan · New reply May 23, 2013
  • 35 replies
  • I'm under the impression that the Braca gene can be carried and transmitted by a female or male and that both have an increased chance of a variety of cancers. Am I right ...

My symptoms doctors tomorrow for 2nd opinion

May8210
  • By May8210 · New reply May 21, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • I've tried to find an appropriate place to post and I've been trawling websites all day. Basically I've been having symptoms which when I looked into them all together they point to ovarian cancer. Now ...

BRCA and melanoma?

BartersIsland
  • By BartersIsland · New reply May 16, 2013
  • 2 replies
  • I have had melonomas two times, but no family history of breast, ovarian or colorectal cancer and am not Ashkenazi Jewish. I was surprised when one gyn oncologist suggested that if I were her patient ...

More and New Immunotherapy Trials and on the west coast! Very exciting.

DragonGirl
  • By DragonGirl · New reply May 13, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • More and New Immunotherapy Trials and on the west coast! Very exciting. http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index. php/news/health/4098-usc-norris-comprehe nsive-cancer-center-studies-target-immun e-system-women-s-cancers.html ...

++Low-grade Serous Carcinoma News++

Laurel-J
  • By Laurel-J · New reply May 12, 2013
  • 25 replies
  • I thought those of you on this site with serous carcinoma would find this of interest. I am posting this from the U of A website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researchers ...

for platinum-resistant OvCa

ImBeatingIt
  • By ImBeatingIt · New reply May 6, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • This may have been posted here before, but someone may have missed it: Ovarian Cancer Slowed by Drug Conjugate By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: April 08, 2013 Reviewed by Robert ...

New pre-screening technique at Northwestern

joseph2
  • By joseph2 · Posted April 29, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • We have seen some hopes for better pre-screenings in recent years. A few years ago, the so called "Yale Test" looked promising but did not gain widespread acceptance. Here's an article on another hope ...

Promising Research from American Association for Cancer Research

BartersIsland
  • By BartersIsland · New reply April 25, 2013
  • 8 replies
  • I subscribe to Medscape which provides updates from professional literature and conferences. You can sign up for info related to ovarian cancer. It's free. This article came today. The research is very ...

A clinical trial

emeraldview
  • By emeraldview · Posted April 16, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • Hi. I am at work researching other topics for work, and came across this. Verastem is a company that is trying to target the cancer stem cells, and preliminary (pre-human) work, as if often does, looks ...

US Sup. Ct case on BRCA Gene Patents owned by Myriad

Mommy-to-two
  • By Mommy-to-two · New reply April 4, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • Live near Washington DC?? April 15th, 2013, US Sup Ct. will have oral arguments on patenting BRCA test genes. Rally on steps at 9:30 am!! Announcement from FORCE....... In 2009, the American Civil Liberties ...

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