Ovarian Cancer

Genital talc powder use increased risk for ovarian cancer in cohort of women, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Outcomes of using menopausal hormone therapy beyond age 65 years varied based on hormone therapy types, administration and strengths among women on Medicare, researchers reported in Menopause.

An artificial intelligence-driven algorithm used a novel liquid biopsy assay to differentiate women with ovarian cancer from healthy patients, according to results presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

Cancer research and advocacy funding disproportionately skewed toward certain subtypes, leaving many cancers with high mortality rates and those affecting Black patients underfunded, study results in JCO Oncology Practice showed.

Women with ovarian cancer from underrepresented groups have a higher likelihood of in-hospital mortality vs. hospice mortality compared with their white counterparts, according to study results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, awarded $45 million to fast track the development of a “closed loop” implant for continuous monitoring of patients with cancer undergoing treatment with immunotherapy.

Asian, Black and Hispanic women with gynecologic cancers had a lower likelihood of being enrolled in clinical trials compared with white women, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Aiming to address health disparities and inequities, the Biden administration announced the first-ever White House initiative to improve the way the United States approaches and funds women’s health research.

I love my job and helping patients at various stages in their lives. It is the most wonderful career that I can think of because I have a strong history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer in my family.