A new type of intensive chemotherapy is proving highly effective in treating women desperately ill with ovarian cancer, scientists announced today. The pioneering treatment is successful in 80% of patients whose first-line chemotherapy had failed, compared to rates of less than 15% under current ... Read More »
Daily aspirin use 'reduces ovarian cancer risk by 20%'
Written by Honor Whiteman Previous research has suggested that aspirin may help to reduce the risk of breast cancer and melanoma. Now, new research from the National Institutes of Health suggests that women who take low-dose aspirin every day may reduce their risk of ovarian cancer by ... Read More »
If you have a genetic predisposition to cancer, it’s better to know about it
Most cancers happen by chance and there is no obvious inherited reason for them. However a small proportion of cancers occur as a result of a genetic predisposition because a gene passed down through generation of a family carries a mutation – this wasthe reason behind actress Angelina Jolie’s ... Read More »
5 Things Women Should Know About Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women, and it causes more deaths than any other type of female reproductive cancer. Here are five things every woman should know about ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is a relatively rare, but deadly, cancer. The National Cancer Institute ... Read More »
Ovarian Cancer Facts
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Saks Fifth Avenue – Shoe Away Ovarian Cancer September 26, 2013
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8-Year-Old Girl Battles Ovarian Cancer
By LARA SALAHI (@BostonLara) Sept. 17, 2012 Melinda Cosman, of Manchester, Conn., thought the hard part was over when she welcomed her husband home from a yearlong deployment to Iraq. She never imagined the family would have to endure a more difficult challenge. In June 2011, shortly after her ... Read More »
May 11th – In Honor Of Our Mothers – Betty's Bikers Kicken Ovarian Cancer
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Beating cancer at 27, enjoying life at 41
BY KELLY ANN PACKARD Special to Florida Weekly In December 1997, at age 27, Gina Delevieleuse went to her gynecologist/ obstetrician for her annual exam. When the physician was completing the exam, she thought Mrs. Delevieleuse was there for a pregnancy checkup. “I was in pretty good shape other ... Read More »
Betty Allen's Story
I lost my wonderful husband of 48 years in January of 2006. About 5 months later I noticed I was getting exceptionally tired in the early afternoons with unexplained bloating and abdominal pain. Thinking that this was part of the grieving process, depression and anxiety, I didn’t think much of it ... Read More »
