News: Ovarian Cancer

QVC, Kelly Ripa, and Kim Kardashian are coming together to increase awareness over ovarian cancer. Watch this behind-the-scenes PSA featuring the two. QVC Presents Super Saturday Live (Saturday, July 31 from 2 PM – 4 PM ET)

MabCure, Inc. Announces Positive Results For New Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Blood Test. Study Results Show 94 Percent Accuracy in Confirming Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer.

Epithelial ovarian cancer was expected cause 15,520 deaths in 2008. Mean age at diagnosis is 60. There has been a significant improvement in the five year survival rate for patients with ovarian cancer.

Researchers have discovered an enzyme crucial to a type of DNA repair that also causes resistance to a class of cancer drugs most commonly used against ovarian cancer.

An awareness post about Ovarian cancer

Rhema Marvanne was born 9/15/02, lost her mother, Wendi Marvanne Voraritskul, to ovarian cancer on Novemberhttp://newsup.net/2010/07/29/rhema-marvanne/#more-17656

The earlier this disease is diagnosed the better your chance of survival. Ovarian cancer is the second most common of the gynecological cancers, but it kills more women then cervical and endometrial cancer which occur most frequently.

In the last session we had discussed about ovarian cancer and how it is dangerous to you. Now we are going to talk about his symptoms and the precautions you have to take to protect from this dangerous disease. Ovarian cancer is perceived as sleeper cancer. However it is not a slient cancer.