Ovarian Cancer

Food Antioxidants, Vitamin D Fight Breast Cancer

FRIDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- A range of foods such as soybeans, fruits and green tea contain powerful antioxidants that help reduce a woman's risk for breast and ovarian cancer, new studies find.

Ginger an Ovarian Cancer Killer

WEDNESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Ordinary ginger causes ovarian cancer cells to die, highlighting the spice's potential in fighting the killer disease, a new study found.

Genes Play Role in Nonsmoker's Lung Cancer

Another study found that women who are current or former smokers are at an increased risk of ovarian cancer, one of the first times such an association has been shown.

Testing misses some breast cancer mutations

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Commercial genetic testing does not detect all of the cancer-associated inherited mutations in women with an extensive family history of breast or ovarian cancer, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Aspirin Derivative May Treat Recurrence of Ovarian Cancer

TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are successfully treated for ovarian cancer often have a relapse of the disease, which becomes resistant to the cisplatin chemotherapy that worked before.

Like Many, King Sought Out Mexican Clinic

King, who had advanced ovarian cancer, died before ever getting any treatments at the Santa Monica Health Institute, a beachfront compound in Rosarito, about 16 miles south of San Diego, doctors at the clinic said.

EU approves Glaxo drug Hycamtin for lung cancer

The medicine, which is given by infusion, is already used for ovarian cancer and its extension to lung cancer had been expected, following a positive opinion from an expert panel in November.

Surgeon's Area of Specialty Affects Ovarian Cancer Results

TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Hospital volume and surgeon experience don't affect the risk of death following surgery for ovarian cancer, but a surgeon's area of specialty does have some impact, new research finds.

Surgery can fight cancers in Lynch syndrome: study

Those with Lynch syndrome also have a 12 percent chance of developing ovarian cancer, compared to 1 or 2 percent for women without the disorder.

Preemptive surgery helps some cancer-prone women

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with a genetic mutation that gives rise to colorectal cancer -- a condition called the Lynch syndrome -- are also at high risk for endometrial and ovarian cancer. Investigators now report that preventive hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries is effective in preventing these gynecologic cancers in such cases.

Painkillers may cut risk of ovarian cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular use of common painkillers is associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer, according to the results of a recent population-based study. Still, researchers say they are a long way from recommending these drugs solely for possibly preventing ovarian cancer.

Vitamin D deficiency can increase cancer risk

Twenty of 30 studies of colon cancer or precancerous colon polyps found a statistically significant benefit of vitamin D. Similar results were observed for 9 of 13 studies concerning breast cancer risk, 13 of 16 studies concerning prostate cancer risk, and 5 of 7 studies concerning ovarian cancer.

Abdominal chemotherapy more effective for ovarian cancer

WASHINGTON (AFP) - An injection of anti-cancer medicines directly into the abdominal cavity has been shown to be highly effective in prolonging the lives of women with advanced ovarian cancer, a study said.

Treatment Brings Hope for Ovarian Cancer

Pumping heavy doses of chemotherapy drugs right into the abdomen boosted survival of women with advanced ovarian cancer by 16 months in what experts call the first big advance in more than a decade against one of the most lethal cancers in women.

Study Brings Advance With Ovarian Cancer

Pumping heavy doses of chemotherapy drugs right into the abdomen boosted survival of women with advanced ovarian cancer by 16 months in what experts call the first big advance in more than a decade against one of the most lethal cancers in women.

Vitamin D lowers cancer risk: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower their risk of colon, breast and ovarian cancer, saying studies showed a clear link.

Vitamin D May Prevent Some Cancers

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Forget the fiber. You may be able to fend off colon, breast or ovarian cancer by simply getting enough vitamin D, a new analysis of previous research suggests.

Chest X-Rays Often Wrong About Lung Cancer

Researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute analyzed data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Of the more than 67,000 people who received a baseline chest X-ray when they entered the trial, nearly 6,000 -- close to 9 percent -- had abnormal results that required follow-up.

US launches cancer gene mapping project

Some of the best known are the BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer genes, also implicated in some cases of ovarian cancer, the p53 gene involved in many different tumors, and the EGFR gene targeted by AstraZeneca Plc's Iressa and Genentech and OSI Pharmaceutical's Tarceva, which have remarkable effects against a small percentage of patients with lung cancer.

Tea reduces risk of ovarian cancer: study

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Women who consume two or more cups of tea daily over a period of time may lower their risk of ovarian cancer compared with women who never or seldom consume tea, according to a new study published in the December issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Tea Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk

MONDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Women who drink at least two cups of tea a day can reduce their risk of developing ovarian cancer by almost 50 percent, Swedish researchers report.

Ovarian cancer risk lower in tea drinkers - study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drinking two or more cups of tea per day may dramatically cut the risk of ovarian cancer, a Swedish study of more than 61,000 women said on Monday.

Study: Tea May Help Fight Ovarian Cancer

CHICAGO - Swedish researchers have found tantalizing but far-from-conclusive evidence that drinking a couple of cups of tea every day might help reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Breast Cancer Survivors Face Increased Cancer Risk

Some increased risks, in fact, may have nothing to do with breast cancer treatment. Obesity seems to contribute both to breast cancer after menopause and future cases of colorectal and kidney cancer, while genetic predispositions seem to raise the risk of both breast cancer and later cases of ovarian cancer.

Breast cancer survivors face other cancer risks

Survivors were at increased risk for stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, thyroid cancer, and leukemia. The elevated risks ranged from 22 percent for colorectal cancer to 125 percent for soft tissue sarcoma.

Cancer Vaccine Research Gets a Boost

Working with 11 patients -- 10 with kidney cancer, and one with ovarian cancer -- the Duke team compared the results of vaccine treatment alone with vaccine treatment coupled with Ontak.

Ginkgo may ward off ovarian cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Studies conducted in women and in the laboratory strongly suggest that the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba may help lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Ovarian Cancer Screening Methods Inaccurate

MONDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Two methods used to screen women for suspected ovarian cancer may identify too many false-positive test results to be useful, researchers conclude.

A Shopping Cart of Cancer Fighters

In the fourth study, researchers from Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston found that ginkgo biloba appears to lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Study Will Look at Minority Breast Cancer Survival

The study will enroll Asian, black and Hispanic women at high risk for breast cancer. High-risk women include: those who've had breast cancer before age 40; have had breast cancer at any age and have a first-degree relative (mother, sister or daughter) who's also had breast cancer; have not had breast cancer but have a family history of cancer with at least two first- or second-degree relatives with breast or ovarian cancer, at least one of whom developed breast cancer before menopause.

Early signs of ovarian cancer found: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Symptoms associated with ovarian cancer, especially abdominal bloating and pain, often start several months prior to diagnosis, a study shows, suggesting that with appropriate testing the diagnosis can be made earlier than it is currently. Ovarian cancer is much more curable when detected early.

Turned-off genes linked to ovarian cancer

LONDON (Reuters) - Two genes that are turned off in ovarian cancer cells could provide an early test for the illness known as the silent killer, Austrian scientists said on Tuesday.

High-risk black women need breast cancer gene test

They included a comparative analysis of white, Ashkenazi Jewish, African American, Hispanic and Asian families having at least two cases of breast and/or ovarian cancer among close or moderately close relatives.

Patient Blood Bank Will Spur Ovarian Cancer Research

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute are leading an effort to collect blood samples from women with recurrent ovarian cancer. The project's ultimate aim is to develop an accurate method of early detection for the killer disease.

Uterine cancer may raise ovarian cancer risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As many as one quarter of young women with uterine cancer also have ovarian cancer, new research suggests.

Liver Cancer Up, Other Kinds Improving

_Only 34 percent of female Medicare beneficiaries had their ovarian cancer removed by a gynecologist oncologist, a specialist considered to have better outcomes than more general surgeons.

Genentech halts Avastin ovarian cancer trial

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Genentech Inc. halted a mid-stage test to determine if its colon cancer drug Avastin could treat ovarian cancer after 11 percent of patients developed dangerous holes in their stomach and intestines, the company said on Friday.

Most breast cancers not linked to ovarian cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - BRCA mutation-related breast cancers are known to greatly increase the risk of ovarian cancer, but new research indicates this association does not apply to other types of hereditary breast cancer.

Panel clarifies BRCA screening recommendations

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends against routine testing for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer unless women have a suggestive family history.

Bloating, pain may precede ovarian cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abdominal swelling, pain, and other symptoms are common in the months before ovarian cancer is diagnosed, a new study shows.