Novel Strategies Show Winning Potential in Ovarian Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- TAMPA, Fla. -- Adding a T-cell primer to a PD-1 inhibitor led to objective responses in a third of patients with recurrent platinum-refractory/resistant ovarian cancer enrolled in a small preliminary study.
Eight of 24 patients... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 28, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Florida woman, 20, develops ovarian tumor the size of an EXERCISE BALL
Allison Fisher, 20, from Jacksonville, said the tumor was so large that she felt like she was pregnant with ten children. It weighed 104lbs and measured 20inches by 20inches. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ovary Removal When Young Could Raise Parkinson's Risk
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 -- Women who have both of their ovaries removed before age 43 have an increased risk of developing Parkinson ’s disease or parkinsonism, according to a recent study.
This may owe to the sudden loss of estrogen and other... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
CDK4/6 Inhibition Active in Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- TAMPA, Fla. -- About a fourth of patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) obtained durable responses to the combination of CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib (Kisqali) and letrozole, a small single-arm trial... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 26, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Smoking THC in your teens slashes your egg count in HALF, study suggests
A by the University of California, Irvine (UCI), found adolescent female mice exposed to THC had 50 percent less healthy ovarian follicles than the control group by the time they were adults. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
