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

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September 2006

Sep 29, 2006 - "e Max Health", Hickory, NC
Radiofreqency Ablation Useful In Treating Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation, a procedure that uses a high frequency electric current to kill tumor cells, is effective in achieving local control in selected patients with metastasis from ovarian cancer, according to a preliminary study conducted by the department of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA.

Sep 24, 2006 - "York Daily Record", York, PA
Be on the lookout for ovarian cancer
In 2003, President Bush very wisely declared September to be Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. However, this is only a small step toward resolving an American health-care crisis. In addition to ovarian, there are numerous gynecological cancers, including cervical, endometrial, fallopian, vagina and vulva. This year alone, 80,000 American women will be diagnosed with some form of gynecological cancer, and approximately 29,000 will die as a result. These women are our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, wives, daughters, aunts and friends.

Sep 23, 2006 - "Capital News 9", Albany, NY
Support groups are therapeutic for ovarian cancer patients
This year in the United States, 23,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Of those diagnosed with stage 3 and 4, 75 percent of them will not be alive in five years. Sylvia Casper, who was diagnosed with stage 3, is determined not to be a statistic.

Sep 21, 2006 - "NEWS 14 TV - CH 14", Charlotte, NC
Keep ovarian cancer at bay
It's called the silent killer. Nearly half of all women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are dead within five years. About two-thirds will have their cancer come back, but now a new drug can delay the disease.

Sep 21, 2006 - "WBST TV - CH 2", South Bend, IN
Cancer Survivor Overcomes Another Difficult Challenge
A local teacher’s battle with cancer pushed her to finish one of the most grueling triathlons in the world. Dr. Toni Barstis is a professor at St. Mary's College. In August she competed in the Ultraman Canada -- a 3-day triathlon that includes a 6-mile swim, a 52-mile run, and a 260-mile bike ride. While training for the event, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Sep 20, 2006 - "Kaisernetwork.org",
Daily Women's Health Policy
St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday examined the symptoms associated with ovarian cancer and screening methods to detect the disease (Quinn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 9/18). For U.S. women, ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths, and nearly three in four ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed after the disease has spread beyond the ovaries (Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 1/31).

Sep 20, 2006 - "The Dominican Republic News", Dominican Republic
Family breast cancer history ups ovarian cancer risk
A breast cancer family history, as well as a woman's age and her own personal history of breast cancer, may help identify women at increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.

Sep 18, 2006 - "KHOU TV - CH 11", Houston, TX
Why doctors call ovarian cancer the 'silent killer'
It’s a disease that’s difficult to diagnose. Last year alone, ovarian cancer killed more than 16,000 women in the United States. Nancy Roehm is on a journey she never expected. “The first week after chemo was not such a good week,” she said. When the 71-year-old was diagnosed with ovarian cancer she was already stage 3 -- the disease had spread to her pelvis and abdomen. “I had been talking about this unusual weight gain for a few weeks, telling everyone I’ve gained this weight I don’t know why,” Roehm said. “It’s in the most unusual place.”

Sep 18, 2006 - "Phoenix News", Phoenix, OR
Oregon Research Team Discovers Why Some Women Are At Risk For Breast, Ovarian Cancer
A research team from the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute has made a significant breakthrough in identifying women who are likely to get breast and ovarian cancer. Some women do not have mutations in either of the two genes for breast and ovarian cancer - BRCA1 and BRCA2 - but still have a strong family history of ovarian and breast cancer. Researchers have wondered whether the cause is genetic.

Sep 13, 2006 - "Town Talk News", Holmes, PA
Delco Declares Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Delaware County Council declared September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month at last week's meeting. Council Member Michael Puppio, Jr. introduced the resolution, that noted ovarian cancer is among the deadliest diseases to affect women.

Sep 13, 2006 - "HOI-19", Creve Coeur, IL
Ovarian Cancer Signs
Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer among American women and the fifth leading cause of cancer death. This year, the American Cancer Society estimates 20,180 women will be diagnosed with the cancer. About 15,310 will die from it.

Sep 13, 2006 - "Reuters", UK
U.S. to map genes of brain, ovarian and lung cancer
Brain tumors, ovarian cancer and lung cancer will be the first subjects in an ambitious project to sequence all the genetic changes that lead to cancer, the National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday. The agency hopes the Cancer Genome Atlas project will pinpoint hundreds or thousands of new genes involved in cancer, and provide a basis for better drugs to treat it and tools to diagnose it.

Sep 13, 2006 - "KUTV TV - CH 2", Salt Lake City, UT
Detect Ovarian Cancer Before It's Too Late
Ovarian cancer has been referred to as a “silent killer.” But doctors now say it is beatable – if you’re paying attention. Sean Patrick has been active for much of her life. But she knew something was wrong when fatigue and gastrointestinal problems developed, and would not go away. “I had the worst indigestion,” she says. “When I ate, I immediately felt full... I had changes that weren’t right.”

Sep 12, 2006 - "KFMB TV - CH 8", San Diego, CA
What Women Need To Know About Ovarian Cancer
The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 20,000 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year. A new campaign is being launched to break the silence about what some call a silent killer. One local woman is making it her mission to do the same. "I was eating right, I went to all my doctors appointments, even had my teeth cleaned every six months, I had my mammogram and I had my pap tests," said Dawn Durbin an ovarian cancer survivor.

Sep 12, 2006 - "WFRV TV - CH 5", Miami, FL
Ovarian Cancer Symptoms
Ovarian Cancer Is Not One Of The Silent Killers As Long Thought. The Latest Research Shows There Are Clear Danger Signs. Now Cancer Survivors.. And The Medical Community.. Are Trying To Spread The Word.. To Save Lives.

Sep 12, 2006 - "St. Paul Pioneer Press", St. Paul, MN
Lifesaving lectures on ovarian cancer
At age 31, Sarah Noonan, a physical therapist from Chaska, made an appointment with her doctor to find out why she hadn't gotten pregnant after nine months of trying. Weeks later, she was recovering from a full hysterectomy and beginning the first of six rounds of chemotherapy. Her diagnosis: ovarian cancer. Her prognosis: very, very hopeful.

Sep 11, 2006 - "Pharmaceutical Business Review",
Ovarian cancer: platinum-based therapy still the gold standard
Despite being the most common cause of death from gynecological tumors, ovarian cancer does not attract the same level of R&D interest as more prevalent tumor types. While surgery still plays a central role in the treatment of ovarian cancer, platinum-based therapy, in particular, carboplatin in combination with paclitaxel, remains the mainstay of cytotoxic treatment for ovarian cancer.

Sep 09, 2006 - "The Clarion-Ledger ", Jackson MS
A few tips can help spot cancer
This is GYN Cancer Awareness Month in Mississippi and across the nation. Last year, more than 71,000 women received the unexpected diagnosis of cancer of the reproductive organs. On average, one woman in the United States is diagnosed with gynecologic cancer every seven minutes. Twenty-seven thousand of these women die annually.

Sep 1, 2006 - "American Cancer Society",
Gynecological Cancers - Personal Risk, Symptoms, and Early Detection
Women who are past child-bearing age sometimes assume they no longer need regular gynecological checkups, that younger women have a greater risk for reproductive cancers -- when in reality, those risks hold steady or even increase as women grow older.