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21st Century Challenge Of Ovarian Cancer In The Elderly, A Personal Perspective - Cancernetwork.com (Medical News Today)
The incidence of ovarian cancer is highest in women over 70 years old, and the disease is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies in the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, improving the quality of medical care for elderly women with ovarian cancer continues to be a challenge.
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Fat women 80 per cent more at risk from ovarian cancer (Daily Mirror)
Fat women are 80 per cent more likely to develop ovarian cancer, scientists reveal today.
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Stacey Hartmann, longtime fighter for ovarian cancer awareness, dies (Contra Costa Times)
n Stacey Hartmann, who founded Comedy Night to raise funds for research, succumbs after eight-year battle
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Minimizing Obesity's Impact On Ovarian Cancer Survival (Medical News Today)
Obesity affects health in several ways, but new research shows obesity can have minimal impact on ovarian cancer survival. A study by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center found ovarian cancer survival rates are the same for obese and non-obese women if their chemotherapy doses are closely matched to individual weight.
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Gene tied to spread of breast cancer is found, study says (Baltimore Sun)
It also makes disease resistant to chemotherapy; 40 percent of patients had 'bad-prognosis' gene Researchers have identified a gene that appears crucial to the spread of breast cancer while also making the disease resistant to chemotherapy.
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Weakened RNA Interference Reduces Survival In Ovarian Cancer (Science Daily)
Levels of two proteins in a woman's ovarian cancer are strongly associated with her likelihood of survival, a research team reports
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Study links breast cancer spread, gene (Baltimore Sun)
Hopkins expert cautions of need for further research Hopkins expert cautions of need for further research
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Obesity has no major impact on ovarian cancer (The Times of India)
WASHINGTON: Researchers from University of Alabama at Birmingham have found that ovarian cancer survival rates are the same for obese and non-obese women if their chemotherapy doses are closely matched.
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FAT BOOSTS RISK OF CANCER IN OVARIES (Daily Mirror)
Peril 80% higher for obese women
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Dear medical community, WTF? (Salon.com)
Obese cancer patients given too little chemo don't survive as long as those given an appropriate dose. You don't say.
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