News tagged ‘OvarianCancer’ clear
- A widely used diabetes drug dramatically boosted the potency of
platinum-based cancer drugs when administered together to a variety of
cancer cell lines and to mice with tumors, scientists from Dana-Farber
report.
Tags: LungCancer, OvarianCancer
- On Sept. 6 at Boston City Hall Plaza, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, along with a coalition of six organizations, launched a month-long campaign to promote ovarian cancer awareness. The group, known as OvarianCancerAwareness.org, is dedicated to educating the public about the subtle symptoms of ovarian cancer to promote early detection.
Tags: OvarianCancer
- One of the shortcomings of a therapy that uses millions of
identical antibodies to boost the immune system's attack on cancer cells
is that many patients whose tumors recede in response to the treatment
also experience serious inflammatory problems, such as severe diarrhea
and rashes. In a new study, a team led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
researchers shows that giving periodic infusions of such "monoclonal"
antibodies to patients who have received a widely used cancer vaccine
unleashes a strong immune response to tumors, with less-harsh side
effects.
Tags: Melanoma, OvarianCancer, TargetedTherapy
- Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center has joined forces with the
Massachusetts Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and The
M. Patricia Cronin Foundation to launch a month-long campaign to promote
ovarian cancer awareness.
Tags: OvarianCancer
A new Dana-Farber Cancer Institute study suggests there is a direct connection between high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) and fallopian tubes. The finding could aid in the development of better treatments for the cancer.
Tags: OvarianCancer, GynecologicCancers
Dana-Farber researchers have demonstrated a molecular strategy that they say could make a much larger variety of tumors treatable with PARP inhibitors, a promising new class of cancer drugs.
Tags: BreastCancer, OvarianCancer, GynecologicCancers
As part of Project Achilles, aimed at finding the "Achilles heel" of cancer, researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard and the Broad Institute of MIT examined cells from over 100 tumors, including 25 ovarian cancer tumors, finding promising new targets for genetic research.
Tags: BasicResearch, OvarianCancer, GynecologicCancers
The discovery of a subtype of ovarian cancer that could account for up to one-third of all serous ovarian cancers may lead to clinical trials using anti-angiogenic drugs that are already being tested in other cancers.
Tags: OvarianCancer, GynecologicCancers
Scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and their colleagues have found a genetic marker that predicts which aggressive "triple negative" breast cancers and certain ovarian cancers will likely respond to platinum-based chemotherapies.
Tags: BasicResearch, BreastCancer, Genomics, OvarianCancer, GynecologicCancers