Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have been linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
The ex-Labour MP has had cancer twice and her mother died of ovarian cancer.
He lost his second wife to ovarian cancer, and had himself survived prostate cancer.
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Her husband, William Jahnke, said the cause was ovarian cancer, the New York Times reports.
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The most dangerous is a condition called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, when ovaries become enlarged.
My mother contracted ovarian cancer when she was 53, and she died six months later.
However, taking a less powerful drug called indomethacin can delay the rupture of the ovarian follicle.
Genentech is still planning a big trial of Avastin in front-line ovarian cancer, Porges said.
They afflict one in 500 American women, and most carriers will get breast or ovarian cancer.
Nearly one-fifth of Myriad's revenue in 1999 came from screening tests for breast and ovarian cancers.
Women who have polycystic ovarian syndrome may have many small cysts at one time.
The early signs of ovarian cancer can be confused with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Scientists have discovered a gene called FGF1 was highly active in aggressive, advanced ovarian cancers.
But she noted that ovarian cancer has poor survival rates because it's rarely caught early.
There are tests that can be done, typically by fertility specialists, to assess a women's ovarian reserve.
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The drug is generically known as paclitaxel and is used primarily to treat ovarian and breast cancers.
More than 22, 000 U.S. women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and more than 15, 000 die.
Stage four ovarian cancer presented in 2004, and a few months ago it had spread to her liver.
That means there is not a crowd of ovarian cancer survivors around to lobby for more aggressive screening.
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Since 2000 the poor woman has battled three types of cancer: breast, skin (melanoma) and ovarian (stage four).
But Annwen Jones, chief executive of Target Ovarian Cancer, said many women and GPs were unaware of them.
The seemingly invincible Hilola has succumbed to ovarian cancer, leaving behind her three home-schooled children and robbing Swamplandia!
Immunex is now sponsoring preliminary human tests to see if Enbrel can help in leukemia, lung and ovarian tumors.
In 2004, she learned that she had advanced ovarian cancer, which required extensive surgery and eighteen months of chemotherapy.
The poor woman has battled four kinds of cancer since 2000: breast, skin (melanoma), ovarian (stage 4) and liver.
In 2003 her mother tested positive for a gene that dramatically raises the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
After brushes with breast cancer and melanoma, Ms. Dunn was diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer in January 2004.
The also discovered FGF1 activity increases after ovarian cancer cells become drug resistant.
Target Ovarian Cancer, which conducted a mapping exercise of the disease this summer, also welcomed the promise of early tests.
Research has also shown the hormones in birth control pills can help prevent ovarian cysts, benign breast disease and acne.
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