Latest Medical & OCAN News Articles

The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Nevada wants to help extend your knowledge by keeping you informed about the latest happenings in this area of your health. They consist of articles not only about medical breakthroughs, but of success, hope, and actions. The following links are to articles for the current month, that have appeared in newspapers and publications from sources throughout both the U.S. and world wide, and are available with on-line editions. Each listing has a short opening paragraph of the article. The listing of the links are by date published, with the most recent found listed first.

For archived articles prior to the current calendar month, please see: Ovarian Cancer Archived News

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November 2007

Nov 30, 2007 - "News 10 Now.", Syracuse,, NY
New cancer screening guidelines help families determine risk
A 14-year ovarian cancer survivor, Nancy Goetze says she always feared the risk of passing on a hereditary cancer to her daughter was relatively high. “Since my daughter looks like me, acts like me, talks like me, I just figured she would definitely have the gene. So we did everything we could,” says Goetze.

Nov 29, 2007 - "Macro World ("Wachovia")", Charlotte, NC
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer
"Platinum agents can be effectively re-administered to patients with disease that relapses >12 months after completion of a platinum regimen. Ovarian cancer that relapses 6-12 months after treatment with a platinum regimen is considered partially platinum sensitive.

Nov 29, 2007 - "Innovations-Report ", Bad Homburg, Germany
New developments in biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer
With the genomic revolution radical improvement has been made in methods of detection of ovarian cancer. This is of the utmost importance, since the chances of successful treatment are strongly enhanced with early detection. In a special issue of Disease Markers, published by IOS Press, eleven articles explore new developments in the identification and understanding of biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer.

Nov 19, 2007 - "Science Daily", Chevy Chase, MD
Predicting The Future In Ovarian Cancer
A research team based at the BC Cancer Agency and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada created a tissue microarray - paraffin blocks which allow numerous tissue samples to be analysed simultaneously - from 518 cases of early-stage ovarian carcinoma.

Nov 16, 2007 - "The Republican Eagle", Fargo, ND
A difficult cancer to detect
When she turned 40, Lori Agre scheduled all the standard medical appointments to check her health. Through that testing, doctors diagnosed the Goodhue woman with ovarian cancer.

Nov 06, 2007 - "Health and Age",
A Low-fat Diet May Ward Off Ovarian Cancer
Seattle cancer researchers have used data from the Women's Health Initiative trial to study the possible effects of food on the occurrence of ovarian cancer. Part of the trial evaluated the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on the development of chronic diseases, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer. Ovarian cancer and endometrial (uterine) cancer were also tallied, and the results regarding these were published this month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Nov 04, 2007 - "The Tennessean", Nashville, TN
Ovarian cancer focuses musician McGinnis on what really matters
As a personal trainer and motivational speaker and author with little body fat on her 6-foot frame, Ruth McGinnis was the picture of health. When she began experiencing fatigue and an upset stomach, she just thought it was because she had been working too hard. McGinnis, an accomplished violinist, was recording her fourth album, The Music of Life, creating a Web site and making a video in July 2006.

Nov 01, 2007 - "Jade Magazine", Asia
Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Give Hope for Early Diagnosis and Treatment
Ovarian cancer, long considered a silent killer because of the lack of warning signs, may not be so silent. A new consensus statement released by the Gynecological Cancer Foundation reveals that women who have developed ovarian cancer may have had common disease symptoms. These symptoms include: