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New Bride Survived Removal Of A 40-Pound Tumor
MONDAY, July 14, 2025 — A young woman became a June bride months after surviving complex surgery to remove a 40-pound tumor from her body, Cedars-Sinai doctors report. Adriana Pulido, 24, died on the ...
New Model Developed for Identifying DVT in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 – A model with eight independent risk factors can predict the risk for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), according to a study...
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 16-18
The annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) was held from May 16 to 18 in Minneapolis and was attended by more than 4,000 clinicians, academicians, allied h...
Climate Change Could Be Fueling Female Cancer Deaths
WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 — Higher temperatures spurred by climate change could be increasing women’s risk of cancer, a new study says. Increasing heat in the Middle East and North Africa has made bre...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Avmapki Fakzynja Co-Pack (avutometinib capsules/defactinib tablets) for KRAS-Mutated Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2025-- Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq: VSTM), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new medicines for patients with RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers, today...
Testosterone Therapy Doesn't Increase Cancer Risk For Transmasculine People
FRIDAY, May 16, 2025 — Transmasculine and gender diverse people who use testosterone are not at an increased risk for cervical, ovarian or other gynecological cancers, a new study says. The results s...
Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy Beneficial in BRCA1/2 Carriers With Personal History of Breast Cancer
TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 – For carriers of pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a personal history of breast cancer, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) is beneficial, resulting in a reduced...
Adding Bevacizumab to Chemo Beneficial in High-Risk Ovarian Cancer
MONDAY, May 12, 2025 – The addition of bevacizumab to first-line (1L) chemotherapy offers real-world benefit to patients with epithelial ovarian cancer with high-risk prognostic factors, according...
CA-125 Levels Vary by Patient Race at Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis
MONDAY, March 24, 2025 – Black and American Indian patients are less likely to have elevated cancer antigen (CA)-125 levels at ovarian cancer diagnosis, according to a study published online March...
Ovarian Cancer Test May Miss Black and Native American Patients
FRIDAY, March 21, 2025 – A blood test used to check for ovarian cancer may not work as well for Black and Native American women, a new study suggests. This could lead to delays in treatment and...
Study Identifies Some Modifiable Risk Factors for Ovarian Cancer
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 – Some risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer are modifiable, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. Iqbal...
Opportunistic Salpingectomy During Any Abdominal Surgery Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 – Opportunistic salpingectomy (OS) during any suitable abdominal surgery is effective for reducing the incidence of ovarian cancer and could reduce health care costs, according...
The Pill Protects Against Ovarian Cancer, Study Says
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 – The Pill prevents pregnancy – and maybe ovarian cancer, too, a new study suggests. Women who’ve ever used the contraceptive pill have a 26% lower risk of ovarian cancer, r...
AI-Driven Detection of Ovarian Cancer Surpasses Human Expert-Level Accuracy
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Transformer-based neural network models exhibit strong generalization and surpass diagnostic performance of expert and nonexpert examiners for detecting ovarian cancer in...
AI Proves Useful for Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 – AI can outperform human doctors when it comes to identifying ovarian cancer from ultrasound images. A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine shows that specially...