News and features related to ovarian cancer

1. Better ovarian cancer diagnosis planned
   

   23rd May 2012 - Symptoms of ovarian cancer can be very similar to those of other conditions and hard for doctors to diagnose. Now the NHS in England and Wales is planning better diagnosis for women over 50. The plans are being welcomed by cancer charities. Around 6,500 women are diagnosed with ovari

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2. Women with endometriosis more likely to have certain types of ovarian cancers
   

   Endometriosis and ovarian cancer both affect women. If you have endometriosis, small pieces of the lining of your womb stick to other parts of your body, such as your ovaries or your bladder. This can cause pain in your pelvis, the area between your hips just above your legs. Ovarian cancer may affe

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3. IVF treatment may raise the risk of ovarian cancer in later life
   

   Many couples who cannot get pregnant naturally decide to have a treatment called in vitro fertilisation (IVF). This is a high-tech treatment where eggs and sperm are brought together in the laboratory. Often, women who have IVF treatment take drugs or hormone injections to stimulate their ovaries to

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4. The Pill reduces ovarian cancer risk
   

   26th October 2011 - Two new studies have been published on risks and benefits of the contraceptive pill. One confirms that taking the Pill for 10 years or more can help protect against ovarian cancer, and the other confirms a small increased risk of blood clots from newer types of the Pill. Cancer R

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5. Scientists discover high risk gene for ovarian cancer
   

   8th August 2011 - Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have discovered that women who carry a faulty copy of a gene called RAD51D have almost a one in 11 chance of developing ovarian cancer. In their study, published in Nature Genetics, they describe this as the most significant ovarian cancer ge

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6. Screening for ovarian cancer fails to save lives
   

   If a woman is treated for ovarian cancer at an early stage, when the cancer hasn't spread outside the ovary, she has a 92 percent chance of being alive five years later. However, most women don’t find out they have the disease until it's at an advanced stage, when the chance of surviving for five ye

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7. Better ovarian cancer testing planned
   

   27th April 2011 - Women with symptoms associated with ovarian cancer are to be offered a special blood test to help detect cases more quickly, start treatment earlier and save more lives. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is recommending that GPs who see women with rec

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8. Ovarian cancer: Step closer to national guidelines
   

   29th September 2010 - For the first time, national guidelines are being developed for the NHS in England and Wales to aid earlier diagnosis - and promote more effective management - for women with ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women with around 6,800 cases being d

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9. Regulator to reject ovarian cancer treatment
   

   Editor's note - 11th March 2011 - NICE has today issued further draft guidance saying a lack of appropriate evidence has forced it to turn down trabectedin. 18th June 2010 - The health regulator, The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), says a new treatment for ovarian cance

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10. Hormone therapy raises ovarian cancer risk
    

    14 July, 2009 -- Women who are on hormone therapy, or who have used it in the recent past, are at higher risk of ovarian cancer than women who have never been on hormone therapy, a new study shows. The increase in risk was found regardless of the hormone dose or formulation, whether hormones were ta

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