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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...
Proposed FDA Rule Targets Asbestos in Talc Cosmetic Products
FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule to require standardized testing of talc-containing cosmetics for asbestos, a known carcinogen linked to...
AAO: Corneal Toxicity Reported With Mirvetuximab Soravtansine
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 – For patients receiving mirvetuximab soravtansine (MIRV) treatment for primary gynecologic malignancies, corneal toxicity is not uncommon, but usually resolves, according to...
IOTA ADNEX at 10 Percent Has Higher Sensitivity for Ovarian Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 – The International Ovarian Tumour Analysis consortium (IOTA) Assessment of Different Neoplasias in the Adnexa (ADNEX) at 10 percent is more sensitive, but less specific,...
cfDNA Fragmentome, Protein Analyses Detect Ovarian Cancer
FRIDAY, Oct. 4, 2024 – Integrated cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentome and protein analyses detect ovarian cancers with high performance, according to a study published online Sept. 30 in Cancer...
Ovarian Cancer in the Family? Know Your Risks
SUNDAY, Sept. 15, 2024 – Nearly a quarter of all ovarian cancers are fueled by family genetics, so what should you do if your mom or sister are diagnosed? According to one expert, knowing whether...
Symptom-Triggered Testing Can ID Low Disease Burden in Ovarian Cancer
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 – Symptom-triggered testing can identify women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer with low disease burden, according to a study published online Aug. 13 in the International...
Looking for Symptoms to Catch Ovarian Cancer Early
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 – Ovarian cancer is known as a "silent killer," since by the time symptoms arise the disease has often already spread. But in certain cases of aggressive ovarian cancer,...
Why Are Cancer Rates Rising Among Gen X, Millennials?
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 – Cancer rates are rising among Gen Xers and millennials, a new study reports. Successively younger generations are more frequently being diagnosed half of the 34 known cancer...