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Advance in new therapy with potential benefit for underserved patients wit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 27 (ANI): In a first-time disclosure of IPN60090, a small-molecule inhibitor of the metabolic enzyme glutaminase (GLS1), researchers reported the preclinical discovery and early-stage clinical development of this novel drug. IPN60090, now under investigation in a
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Risk of ovarian cancer lowers in women who breastfeed their babies
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], April 5 (ANI): Women who breastfeed their babies have 25 per cent lower risk of developing ovarian cancer, suggests a new study.
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Breastfeeding can lower the risk of ovarian cancer
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], April 3 (ANI): An international study involving researchers from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute has found women who breastfeed their babies may lower their risk of developing ovarian cancer by almost 25 percent.
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Test measures immune response to improve ovarian cancer diagnosis: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 17 (ANI): In a breakthrough step to improve the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, researchers have a simple blood test that measures the body's own immune response. The new study found that testing for a specific immune biomarker allows clinicians to identify whether gr
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Drug niraparib benefits women newly diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 29 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that a drug named niraparib, can prove beneficial for women newly diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer.
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Targeting protein may stop ovarian cancer cells from spreading
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 12 (ANI): Preventing a protein from performing their job may keep a certain type of ovarian cancer cell from growing and dividing uncontrollably in the lab, says researcher.
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New test can eliminate need for surgery to diagnose ovarian cancer
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 20 (ANI): Researchers have developed a novel blood test called biomarker test that offers the possibility of more precise diagnostics of ovarian cancer without the need for surgery.
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Scientists identify 34 genes associated with increased risk of ovarian can
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 2 (ANI): Researchers have discovered 34 genes that are associated with an increased risk of developing the earliest stages of ovarian cancer.
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Breast cancer study confirms importance of multigenerational family data t
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): In the largest study of its kind, a team of researchers evaluated four commonly used breast cancer prediction models and found that family-history-based models perform better than non-family-history based models, even for women at average or below-average
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Scientists discover new compound that could help treat ovarian cancer
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 20 (ANI): A new research now finds scientists from the University of Sheffield discover a compound that could be more effective in treating a few types of cancers than standard chemotherapy.
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Lack of awareness delays diagnosis of ovarian cancer
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 19 (ANI): A global study of women with ovarian cancer has found that two-third of women had never heard of the disease, or did not know anything about it before their diagnosis. Although some of them had experienced symptoms prior to diagnosis, fewer than half of
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Aspirin may lower risk of ovarian cancer
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Oct 5(ANI): Taking a low-dose aspirin daily may help women lower their risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a new study.
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