Gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 34 and has now been cancer-free for 14 years, has continued to advocate for more awareness about ovarian cancer ...

Salpingo-oophorectomy is a surgery to remove one or both ovaries and fallopian tubes. The ovaries are small organs that make eggs and hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Fallopian tubes are small ...

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among women with gynecological cancers. The current medical playbook—surgery followed by chemotherapy—initially shows promise. Tumors shrink, sometimes ...

MEDICAL CENTER. IT USED TO BE THOUGHT THAT OVARIAN CANCER HAD NO REAL NOTICEABLE SYMPTOMS, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN RED FLAGS THAT DOCTORS SAY YOU SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR BEAMAN ...

You may lose a little weight after ovarian cyst surgery (cystectomy), not because of fat loss, but due to decreased fluid retention, reduced inflammation, and less bloating. Fluid-filled cysts on your ...

In a recent paper published in Nature, researchers at the University of Chicago discovered how to block nicotinamide N-methyl transferase (NNMT), an enzyme that is involved in the progression of ...

A rare patient case at Mayo Clinic helped uncover early cellular changes in fallopian tubes that may point to how ovarian cancer begins. This finding may unlock new ways to detect the disease before ...

Novel drug combinations that improve outcomes, outstanding questions about treatment sequence, and encouraging results in chemotherapy resistant disease are among the ovarian cancer highlights ...

Eric Boodman focuses on narrative features, exploring the startling ways that science and medicine affect people’s lives. You can reach Eric on Signal at eboodman.88. To Rebecca Stone, the single most ...