Detection News
Recognizing Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Could Help Reduce Misdiagnosis and Late Detection
Ovarian cancer is the most deadly of gynecologic tumors. For the past 25 years, scientists have tried to identify a screening test to detect ovarian cancer in its earliest stages, when the chance of cure is high. Unfortunately, multiple clinical trials with hundreds...
Women with genes for endometriosis have higher risk of ovarian cancer
Women with genes for endometriosis have higher risk of ovarian cancer Researchers find odds of having ovarian cancer up to 2.6 times higher for women carrying genetic risk factors for endometriosis. These women also have a higher risk of developing certain ovarian...
The Importance of Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
Chris Evert opens up about her stage 1C ovarian cancer diagnosis, saying she hopes her story will help other women watch for warning signs. Evert is undergoing chemotherapy, but says she knows how difficult the disease can be after watching her sister Jeannie die of...
New technologies aim to improve ovarian cancer detection
Encouraging trends abound in the management of ovarian cancer. As rates of ovarian disease continue to decline, there has also been a notable increase in tools for detecting it earlier in its course. To better understand these developments, Medscape recently reached...
Rapid test for ovarian cancer detection being developed
Researchers at the University of Turku have developed a test for ovarian cancer detection with a sensitivity 4.5 times higher than that of the conventional laboratory test. The simple lateral flow test is based on rapid detection of abnormal sugar structures directly...
New discoveries could change the understanding and treatment of ovarian cancer
Recent discoveries made by researchers at Texas A&M University could change the way ovarian cancer is understood and treated. Dr. Abhishek Jain, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Medical Physiology in the College...
Study investigates racial and ethnic differences in ovarian cancer risk
A study led by University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center postdoctoral researcher, Danja Sarink, Ph.D., investigates racial/ethnic differences in risk and risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer. The study was published in the American Association for Cancer Research...
Population-wide testing could prevent many ovarian and breast cancer deaths
Large-scale BRCA screening of women in the United States and around the world would help prevent a great many deaths from breast and ovarian cancers. In high-income and upper-middle-income countries, testing would be highly cost effective, according to a modeling...
Identifying Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer
NEW YORK – Researchers from Inova, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Mayo Clinic, and MD Anderson Cancer Center have partnered with the Department of Defense to form an ovarian cancer consortium focused on the discovery of biomarkers for early detection of...
