Exercise and physical activity should benefit all areas of health, including cancer prevention, but in the case of ovarian cancer, researchers are stating that it doesn’t seem to make a difference in the number of women who go on to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Karolinska Institute in Stockholm researchers tracked 96,000 women from Norway and Sweden for over [...]
Lance Armstrong has a commercial airing in which he stares into the camera and says, “Remember me cancer? You made me who I am today.” Jane Younce, who writes a community column for The Noblesville Ledger, has shared some of the lessons she has learned as an ovarian cancer survivor. As she reflects on the last year, and looks forward [...]
Researchers have found that patients with hereditary ovarian cancer — whose tumours are caused by faulty genes — are more likely to experience secondary tumours in their liver and spleen. This is despite the fact that their overall prognosis is better than other patients. In non-hereditary cancer, ovarian tumours tend to remain within the lining of the abdomen [...]