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Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian Cancer: is a cancer that ignites in the female organs that produce eggs (ovaries). Ovarian cancer frequently goes undetected until it has spread within the pelvis and belly. At this late stage, ovarian cancer is more severe to treat and can be fatal.
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NOV 24, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste ...NOV 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene-targeted and personalized therapy currently exists for a small handful of diseases, but that list may soon include ...SEP 10, 2015Cancer
Should cost be a concern in cancer testing? Female carriers of mutated BRCA genes have a significantly higher risk for d ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 20, 2015Cancer
There is a new way to look at cancer treatment and a new way to conduct clinical trials for it. Researchers from Memoria ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 27, 2015Cancer
While most scientists have viewed genetic aberrations as the primary cause of almost all cancer, a new study of ovarian ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 22, 2015Cancer
Ovarian cancer strikes terror in women, because symptoms may not be apparent until it is too late for appropriate treatm ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 19, 2015Cancer
Chemicals found in some beloved foods and beverages may help the body to utilize chemotherapy drugs. Valuable in a nutri ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 06, 2015Cancer
While the BRCA2 gene is supposed to suppress tumors, its mutated form puts people at high risk for breast, ovarian and o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 29, 2015Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 23, 2015Cancer
Diagnosing cancer can be tricky. Often, patients undergo invasive procedures that yield unclear results, creating emotio ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 31, 2015Cancer
Genetic mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy in the most common and the most lethal form of ovarian cancer may provi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Cancer
Men with prostate cancer benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib - the first cancer drug to target inhe ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Extracellular vesicles (membrane sacs secreted from cells) have sprung forth as valuable mediators facilitating cells' c ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 09, 2015Cancer
In a study involving more than 31,000 women with cancer-causing mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, researchers at th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Cancer
A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology have found that a normal cell process is disrupted ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 18, 2014Cancer
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's getting there, but according to a study by researchers at Stanford, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) faces several hur ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 20, 2014Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, cancer will occur in more than 1.6 million individuals this year in the United ...
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene-targeted and personalized therapy currently exists for a small handful of diseases, but that list may soon include
...
SEP 10, 2015
Cancer
Should cost be a concern in cancer testing? Female carriers of mutated BRCA genes have a significantly higher risk for d
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2015
Cancer
There is a new way to look at cancer treatment and a new way to conduct clinical trials for it. Researchers from Memoria
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 27, 2015
Cancer
While most scientists have viewed genetic aberrations as the primary cause of almost all cancer, a new study of ovarian
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 22, 2015
Cancer
Ovarian cancer strikes terror in women, because symptoms may not be apparent until it is too late for appropriate treatm
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 19, 2015
Cancer
Chemicals found in some beloved foods and beverages may help the body to utilize chemotherapy drugs. Valuable in a nutri
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 06, 2015
Cancer
While the BRCA2 gene is supposed to suppress tumors, its mutated form puts people at high risk for breast, ovarian and o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 23, 2015
Cancer
Diagnosing cancer can be tricky. Often, patients undergo invasive procedures that yield unclear results, creating emotio
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 31, 2015
Cancer
Genetic mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy in the most common and the most lethal form of ovarian cancer may provi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Cancer
Men with prostate cancer benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib - the first cancer drug to target inhe
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Extracellular vesicles (membrane sacs secreted from cells) have sprung forth as valuable mediators facilitating cells' c
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 09, 2015
Cancer
In a study involving more than 31,000 women with cancer-causing mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, researchers at th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Cancer
A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology have found that a normal cell process is disrupted
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 18, 2014
Cancer
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 06, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
It's getting there, but according to a study by researchers at Stanford, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) faces several hur
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 20, 2014
Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, cancer will occur in more than 1.6 million individuals this year in the United
...