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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, publications and TV stations 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
December 2006
Dec 31, 2006 - "The Daily News", Longview, WA
Cancer diagnosis is trying faith of family with 11 adopted kids
Chris Baron hurried home in the darkness, on an unlit road through the Fort Lewis Military Reservation that leads to his home near Roy. He felt compelled to tell the children the grim news. Their mother, 46-year-old Lori Baron, had been rushed to Tacoma General Hospital the previous day after suffering severe stomach pain and vomiting all night. She was still there, recovering from emergency surgery.
Dec 30, 2006 - "",
May 2007 find you living truly living each and every single day
I turn 49 years old on New Year’s Day — actually, at precisely six minutes after midnight, Jan. 1. I am beginning my 50th year and I am giddy at the prospect. Birthdays hold no dread for me. Each one is a treasured gift I unwrap, hands shaky with anticipation and curiosity. I look forward to each birthday for I am forced to look backwards in gratitude for another year I have been blessed to complete. Ten years ago, an entire decade, I began the new year of 1997 knowing I was going to experience my last year in my 30s.
Dec 27, 2006 - "Health and Age", Basel, Switzerland
Protein NAC-1 protein is linked to ovarian cancer recurrence
Researchers have found high levels of a binding protein biomarker in women who have a recurrence of ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at a stage when it is advanced. But treatment may leave women apparently disease-free, even though the cancer then goes on to recur. In a new study, researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center reveal that a biomarker protein called NAC-1 may pinpoint those women with ovarian cancer who are most at risk of recurrence.
Dec 27, 2006 - "Daily Express", UK
Olive oil diet cuts your risk of cancer
Four teaspoons of olive oil a day can help prevent cancer, scientists revealed yesterday. The oil, found in Mediterranean diets, cuts levels of substances in the blood which can trigger the disease. People in Mediterranean countries such as Spain and Italy live longer than those in other European countries, while rates of breast, colon, ovarian and prostate cancer are much lower.
Dec 26, 2006
Cancer Drug Telcyta Fails Late-Stage Trials
A new cancer drug, Telcyta, did not prolong survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and platinum-resistant ovarian cancer and has failed three late-stage trials, Palo Alto, California-based Telik Inc. said in a statement Tuesday. The trials were conducted in the third of three testing stages needed for U.S. regulatory approval.
Telik's studies for lung cancer and advanced ovarian cancer, called ASSIST I and ASSIST II, did not achieve a "statistically significant improvement'" in overall survival, the company said. The third study, ASSIST III, failed to demonstrate its effectiveness in tumor response for ovarian cancer, Bloomberg News reported.
While all three trials showed some tumor response, two of the trials, ASSIST II and ASSIST III, contained "inconsistencies" that need to be investigated, the company added.
Dec 22, 2006 - "Chicago Tribune ", Chicago, IL
Mining for the silver lining
BUTTE, Mont. -- This land was once "the Richest Hill on Earth." Home to vast mineral wealth, Butte was one of the most storied mining towns, providing one-third of the nation's copper for the dawning electric age more than a century ago. Today that hill has a hole, a toxic abyss framed by a gash where the land once was. The 1-by-1 1/2-mile pit is the centerpiece of the nation's largest string of Superfund sites, stretching 140 miles, mostly along waterways, local officials say
A couple who are professors at hometown Montana Tech have found microbes living in the toxicity--called extremophiles for their ability to live in extreme environments--and they say lab tests show that the microorganisms have the potential to fight ovarian cancer, migraines and leukemia.
Dec18, 2006 - "KGO TV - CH 7", San Francisco, CA
Keep Ovarian Cancer At Bay
Ovarian cancer is called the silent killer because nearly half of all women diagnosed with it will die within five years, and two out of three will have a recurrance...........Part of that care included an experimental drug called A6. It prevents blood vessels from growing and spreading. Now in women getting injections of the drug, the cancer's return was delayed by more than six months. That's important because with that delay, if you start chemo later on, it's going to be more effective.
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