Monthly Archives: September 2010
USA Turns Teal!
Click on the photos below to see how the United States is turning teal! Has your town been inspired to turn teal? Send your photos in to gmorales@ovariancancer.org and we will post them on our site.
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National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week Designated
The House of Representatives voted in favor of a House Resolution sponsored by Rep. Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) to designate the last week of September as National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week and the last Wednesday of the month as … Continue reading
Commencement of a Phase II Clinical Trial of SG2000 in Ovarian Cancer
Spirogen Limited (the “Company”) and Celtic Therapeutics Holdings LP (“Celtic Therapeutics”) announced today the commencement of a Phase II clinical trial of SG2000 in ovarian cancer. The trial is being sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the USA, … Continue reading
Cancer patients and the flu vaccine
The days are getting shorter and the children have gone back to school; the telltale signs of summer’s end are all around us. What is less apparent is that we are heading into one of the more dangerous times of … Continue reading
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Call now in support of ovarian cancer research!
Win a free teal gift basket full of amazing teal goodies! Whoever gets the most number of people to call in the states listed below in support of the ovarian cancer research funding will receive the basket. You do not … Continue reading
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Alabama helps us BEAT ovarian cancer!
Pictured above: Alabama joins the BEAT ovarian cancer campaign by educating their community using a billboard on a major highway in Birmingham. The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA), the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC), the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) and … Continue reading
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DC Area: Get Great Deals & Give to OCNA!
OCNA has partnered with a local discount group, Deals for Deeds. When you get a grab a great deal a percentage of the proceeds go to OCNA. Previous deals include huge discounts for services to salons (at up to 50% … Continue reading
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Comparison of a novel multiple marker assay vs the Risk of Malignancy Index for the prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer in patients with a pelvic mass
Objective We sought to compare the Risk of Malignancy Index (RMI) to the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) to predict epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in women with a pelvic mass. Study Design In all, 457 women with imaging results … Continue reading
Removing Fallopian tubes during hysterectomies cuts ovarian cancer – B.C. study
In a dramatic development, B.C. scientists say that deaths from ovarian cancer could fall by as much as 50 per cent if women getting routine hysterectomies or tubal ligations have their Fallopian tubes removed too, unlike current practice which is … Continue reading
ARID1A Mutations in Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Carcinomas (NEJM)
Background Ovarian clear-cell and endometrioid carcinomas may arise from endometriosis, but the molecular events involved in this transformation have not been described. Methods We sequenced the whole transcriptomes of 18 ovarian clear-cell carcinomas and 1 ovarian clear-cell carcinoma cell line … Continue reading
OCNA on Lifetime today!
Mark your calendars! Watch Annette Leal Mattern, OCNA Board President, speak about ovarian cancer on Lifetime’s show The Balancing Act on September 13th, 2010. Please check your local listings for showtimes. Click to purchase Outside The Lines . . . … Continue reading
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