NICE has proposed age-based CA125 thresholds to improve early ovarian cancer detection while reducing unnecessary scans in ...
For the first time after years of frustrating failures, a rigorous study has found that a blood test for ovarian cancer can save lives, scientists running the largest-ever such trial reported on ...
Should I ask my doctor for a CA 125 blood test to screen for ovarian cancer? The cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) blood test isn't recommended for women with an average risk of ovarian cancer. While women ...
Women with ovarian cancer exceeded the study goal of 150 minutes of brisk walking per week. Those in the exercise group also scored significantly better than controls on measures of fatigue. No ...
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS) is an effective treatment for women with advanced ovarian cancer. Many women treated with NACT do not undergo IDS, and ...
Current treatment guidelines recommend using cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) as a diagnostic marker for ovarian cancer recurrence, but a recent study suggests CA-125 has poor concordance with progressive ...
(HealthDay News) – For women with ovarian cancer, metformin use is associated with significantly improved survival, according to a study published online Dec. 3 in Cancer. To examine the association ...
A Republican state lawmaker wants to require insurance coverage for ovarian cancer screenings in Pennsylvania. Rep. Joe Hogan ...
HealthDay News — Ovarian cancer isn’t a single disease, but rather a number of different malignancies involving the ovaries, an expert U.S. panel says. Evidence suggests that many ovarian cancers ...
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is the preferred treatment option for women with advanced ovarian and related cancers if it is unlikely that primary cytoreductive surgery (PCS) can reduce disease to less ...