Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Ovarian cancer symptoms - Majority of ovarian cancer sufferers die

The Age, Australia - Nov 21, 2006... Symptoms that may be due to ovarian cancer include abdominal bloating, unexplained weight gain or weight loss, changes in bowel or bladder habits, abdominal or ...
Saanich News, Canada - Nov 15, 2006... By the time conventional symptoms appear in 80 per cent of ovarian cancer cases, for example, it may be "too late" to achieve a full recovery. ...
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Nov 15, 2006... in the degree of spread between different forms of cancer, which in turn affects survival rates. Ovarian tumours, which have no specific symptoms in their ...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Nov 28, 2006... while daily smokers reported greater symptoms of depression ... risk of developing breast cancer within five ... a gene-therapy strategy for ovarian cancer that used ...
Playfuls.com, Romania - Nov 22, 2006... Nearly 1,500 new cases of ovarian cases can be expected in ... says it is difficult to detect this form of cancer in its early stages as the symptoms, such as ...
Contra Costa Times, CA - Dec 4, 2006Ovarian cancer is treatable when caught early. Granted, it is difficult to diagnose, but there are some symptoms that should bring a woman to her doctor. ...
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Nov 29, 2006... unexpectedly slow patient accrual for a registration trial in ovarian cancer that was ... Exelon Patch provided benefits across a wide range of symptoms and that ...
Portsmouth News, UK - Nov 7, 2006... show. The glittering event was held in aid of Keysoc, which raises awareness about the dangers and symptoms of ovarian cancer. And ...
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Nov 24, 2006... by a walnut-sized brain tumour caused by a rogue ovarian secondary cancer cell ... "For asbestos cancer the average time between exposure and symptoms is 40 ...

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Compound in Abortion Pill May Prevent Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Ovarian cancer symptoms)

E Canada Now, Canada - Dec 1, 2006... pill has been found to prevent the development of mammary tumours caused by the mutant gene responsible for the majority of breast and ovarian cancers, a ...
Lansing State Journal, MI - Dec 2, 2006... Thursday. Robson, 46, passed away at her home after a battle with ovarian cancer. Robson was born on Aug. 18, 1960, in Tecumseh. ...
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL - Nov 27, 2006By Debra Pressey. URBANA Researchers on a mission to solve some of the mysteries about ovarian cancer are looking for clues in the henhouse. ...
The Wilmington Journal, NC - 17 hours ago... for both of them. Coretta Scott King, 78, died on Jan. 30 due to complications from a stroke and ovarian cancer. From the time of ...
ABC Online, Australia - Nov 21, 2006New research shows more than half of the Australian women diagnosed with ovarian cancer today are unlikely to survive five years. ...
DG News - 23 hours ago... their first treatment, the effectiveness of cytoreductive surgery is the most significant predictive factor in patients with relapsing ovarian cancer, whereby ...

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Longer Chemotherapy May Reduce Heart Failure In Adult (Ovarian cancer symptoms) Cancer Patients

Stretching out a dose of chemotherapy over six or more hours may reduce the risk of heart problems caused by certain commonly used cancer drugs, according to a new review of recent research.
The science of cancer prevention has advanced to the point where researchers now say they can detect "cancer genes" in the breath of smokers, and can test the presence of two proteins in men they say will predict development of prostate cancer a decade in advance. [click link for full article]
Earlier diagnostic tests and better access to screening are essential to improving the alarmingly poor survival rate of ovarian cancer sufferers, researchers say.
THE thing to bear in mind, says Dr Christiane Northrup, author of New York Times bestseller The Wisdom of Menopause, is that perimenopause is a natural process, not a disease to be treated. And it is transitory.
The female reproductive organ includes two ovaries, one on each side of the uterus. Ovarian cancer occurs when normal ovarian cells begin to grow uncontrollably, in an abnormal way thus producing tumours in one or both ovaries.
This trend article about Yale University, U.S., is an immediate alert from NewsRx to identify developing directions of research.

Friday, December 8, 2006

Surfing For (Ovarian cancer symptoms) Surgery

CBS News, NY - 19 hours ago... Sandekian, who runs a plumbing business with her husband, bought a cost report and found that her hospital wanted $1,600 more for an ovarian operation than the ...
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Dec 6, 2006... smears. Her own mother, 77, is a five-time cancer survivor, having battled spinal, ovarian and breast cancers, and lymphoma. Although ...
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - Dec 1, 2006... Oncology, the removal of extensive cancer spread to the upper abdomen to achieve optimal cytoreduction in women with advanced ovarian cancer significantly ...
Monterey County Herald, CA - Nov 19, 2006... It's been 18 years since the University of Kentucky's Ovarian Cancer Study got under way. ... Over the years, more than 6,500 ovarian tumors have been found. ...
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - Nov 21, 2006Many of the tests used to diagnose ovarian cancer do not reduce mortality from the disease or improve patients' quality of life, according to a new report ...
Health24.com, South Africa - Dec 7, 2006... Almost 10 000 people with colorectal, ovarian, prostate, breast, renal cell, oesophageal, oral cavity and pharynx cancer, and about 15 000 healthy controls ...
WebMD - Nov 15, 2006Nov. 15, 2006 -- Aggressive combination therapy for ovarian cancer is worth the cost and toxicity, a new study shows. ... Ovarian cancercancer is a killer. ...
Playfuls.com, Romania - 22 hours ago... PCOS, which occurs when ovarian cysts block a woman's normal ovulation and menstrual cycle, affects up to 5 percent of the female population and scientists say ...