MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Barbara A. Cohn, Ph.D. Women with irregular menses had a statistically significant 2.4 fold increase in risk of death due to any form ovarian cancer, and a statistically significant 3-fold increase in risk of death due to late stage serous disease.
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Infertility Third Most Serious Health Problem After Cancer and Heart Disease
Infertility will be the third most serious health condition after cancer and cardiovascular diseases this century.
Is There a Link Between Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer?
There are several theories regarding the etiology of ovarian cancer. Certain reproductive factors (early menarche, late menopause, low parity, infertility) are associated with increased risk. The most widely accepted theory explains the origin of ovarian cancer by the repeated epithelial trauma accompanying ovulations. The surface trauma is followed by repair, during which mutations could occur, resulting in malignant transformation.
Cervical Cancer Could be Prevented with an HIV Drug: Tablet Kills the Virus that Causes the Disease
Cervical cancer could be prevented by a commonly-used HIV drug, scientists say. The medicine has been shown to kill-off the human papilloma virus (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer.
An Aspirin a Day to Reduce Your Ovarian Cancer Risk? Maybe, NCI Study Says, But More Research Needed
Women who take aspirin daily may reduce their risk of ovarian cancer by 20 percent – or even more with the low-dose variety – according to a study led by scientists at the National Cancer Institute, published Thursday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
To Catch a Killer Gene: Sisters Race to Stop Mystery Disease
America is experiencing a boom in biological fortune-telling. Doctors can now scan the genes of a fetus using only a drop of the mother’s blood, testing for hundreds of known mutations, including Down syndrome. Soon they’ll be able to detect a growing list of rare mutations—almost none of them treatable—and predict an embryo’s risk of more common ailments like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease
Fertility Preservation Neglected at Most Cancer Centers
Infertility is consistently listed as one of the most distressing long-term side effects of cancer treatment for adolescents and young adults. Yet, the leading National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers—which should be leaders in fertility preservation—may not adequately help patients protect their fertility.
Top Cancer Centers Lack Policies to Protect Cancer Patients’ Fertility
Infertility is consistently listed as one of the most distressing long-term side effects of cancer treatment for adolescents and young adults. Yet the leading National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers — which should be leaders in fertility preservation — aren’t doing an adequate job of helping patients protect their fertility, reports a new Northwestern Medicine- study.
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients Who Freeze Sperm Before Treatment Have Better Chance of Becoming Dads After, Study Shows
A study published online Tuesday in the journal Human Reproduction provides more proof of the benefit of men freezing their sperm before undergoing cancer treatment.
Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Found in Water at Fracking Sites
A study of hydraulic fracturing sites in Colorado finds substances that have been linked to infertility, birth defects and cancer.