Ovarian Cancer News

June 26, 2025

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Shocking Brain Cancer Breakthrough: Electric Fields Supercharge Immune Assault

June 9, 2025 — A breakthrough study from Keck Medicine of USC may have found a powerful new triple therapy for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. By combining Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), which ...

Wilms Tumors: How Genes and Imprinting Pave the Way for Cancer

May 27, 2025 — A biobank for pediatric kidney tumors plays a key role in identifying hereditary causes of Wilms tumors. New insights gained with its help enable better risk assessment for affected families and could form the basis for targeted screening and ...

New Genetic Test Can Diagnose Brain Tumors in as Little as Two Hours

May 21, 2025 — Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours.The team utilized the new approach during 50 brain tumor ...

Apr. 25, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that expansion of mutant blood cells, a phenomenon linked to aging, can be found in cancerous tumors, and this is associated with worse outcomes for ...

Detecting Invasive Nodules Could Be Key to Preventing Unnecessary Pancreatic Cancer Surgery

Apr. 25, 2025 — Pancreatic cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can form in the pancreas. Some remain benign, while others have the potential to develop into pancreatic cancer. A recent study, which followed 257 ...

Blocking a Surprising Master Regulator of Immunity Eradicates Liver Tumors in Mice

Apr. 25, 2025 — 'Cold' tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in ...

Experimental Cancer Drug Could Streamline Standard Tuberculosis Treatment and Prevent Post-TB Lung Disease, Study Suggests

Apr. 22, 2025 — An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, investigators ...

Study Shows How New Antibody Therapy Works Against Ovarian Cancer

Apr. 14, 2025 — Research has shed light on how a new type of antibody treatment reactivates patients' immune cells to fight ovarian ...

Rapid Growth of Blood Cancer Driven by a Single Genetic 'Hit'

Apr. 11, 2025 — Researchers have explored the evolution of the genetic change that causes chronic myeloid leukaemia and show its ability to drive the ...

Researchers Develop New Way to Match Young Cancer Patients With the Right Drugs

Apr. 1, 2025 — A team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumors in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins. The team has combined these two ...

Understanding the Immune Response to a Persistent Pathogen

Mar. 28, 2025 — Researchers show that the immune system can recognize and control the latent stage of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, a finding that can inform the study of latency in other infections of the nervous ...

New Antibody Reduces Tumor Growth in Treatment-Resistant Breast and Ovarian Cancers

Mar. 15, 2025 — A new type of antibody which stimulates the immune system to target cancer cells slows tumour growth, according to new ...

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New Tool Reveals Disruption of Immune Cells in Blood Is Linked to Cancer Outcomes

Feb. 18, 2025 — The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their blood having a better ...

An Enzyme to Disarm Tumors

Feb. 16, 2025 — When a tumour develops, it creates a structure around itself called the tumour stroma, within which blood and lymphatic vessels ensure nutritional and respiratory biological exchanges. ...

Lung Cancer Cells Can Go 'Off Grid'

Feb. 16, 2025 — Researchers have found that some particularly aggressive lung cancer cells can develop their own electric network, like that seen in the body's nervous ...

Ovarian Cancer Discovery Could Turn Failed Treatment Into Lifesaver

Feb. 13, 2025 — Gut bacteria are to blame for the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer, new research ...

New Perspectives for Personalized Therapy of Brain Tumors

Feb. 11, 2025 — Scientists have developed an innovative method for growing brain tumors of individual patients in the laboratory that mimic the original structure and the molecular property of the parental tumor as ...

Breast Cancers Broadly Defined by Their Genome Architecture

Feb. 10, 2025 — Breast cancers at all stages are defined by the structure of their genomes, researchers find. Targeting these processes early is likely to offer unexpected therapeutic ...

Pancreatic Cancer Immune Map Provides Clues for Precision Treatment Targeting

Feb. 7, 2025 — Pancreatic cancer patients may benefit from future precision treatments as a new study shows how some tumors may potentially be more susceptible to ...

Research Discovery Halts Childhood Brain Tumor Before It Forms

Feb. 4, 2025 — A research team has identified a critical event driving tumor growth in a type of medulloblastoma -- and a way to block ...

Could the Contraceptive Pill Reduce Risk of Ovarian Cancer?

Feb. 3, 2025 — It's a little pill with big responsibilities. But despite its primary role to prevent pregnancy, the contraceptive pill (or 'the Pill') could also help reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, according to ...

Most Engineered Human Cells Created for Studying Disease

Jan. 31, 2025 — The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously ...

Removing Fallopian Tubes During Other Abdominal Surgeries May Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk

Jan. 30, 2025 — A mathematical modeling study suggests that ovarian cancer incidence could be reduced and healthcare savings boosted if women who have already completed their families were offered fallopian tube ...

Skin Cancer: New Treatment Option Successfully Tested

Jan. 27, 2025 — Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, occur in chronically sun-exposed areas such as the face. Locally advanced tumors in particular can be difficult to treat surgically. A ...

Dissolving Clusters of Cancer Cells to Prevent Metastases

Jan. 24, 2025 — Successful test in breast cancer patients: the active agent digoxin, a cardiac medication, dissolves clusters of circulating breast cancer cells in the blood, thus reducing the risk of metastases ...

Targeting Potassium Channel Shows Promise for Treating Brain Tumors

Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers find blocking the KCNB2 gene can slow tumor growth, paving the way for next-gen treatments for childhood brain ...

Predicting How Childhood Kidney Cancers Develop

Jan. 23, 2025 — New research looked at how cancers arise in children who are predisposed to developing the childhood kidney cancer, Wilms tumor, which could help anticipate the development of tumors before they ...

New Study Paves Way for Immunotherapies Tailored for Childhood Cancers

Jan. 20, 2025 — Researchers have determined how children's immune systems react to different kinds of cancer depending on their age. The study reveals significant differences between the immune response of ...

Protein Level Predicts Immunotherapy Response in Bowel Cancer

Jan. 16, 2025 — Researchers have shown that the amount of a protein called CD74 can indicate which people with bowel cancer may respond best to ...

Tongue Cancer Organoids Reveal Secrets of Chemotherapy Resistance

Jan. 9, 2025 — Tongue cancer (TC) cells can enter a chemo-resistant state by activating pathways related to autophagy and cholesterol synthesis, report researchers. Using a large-scale library of TC organoids they ...

Lung Cancer Test Predicts Survival in Early Stages Better Than Current Methods

Jan. 9, 2025 — Researchers have shown that a test called ORACLE can predict lung cancer survival at the point of diagnosis better than currently used clinical risk factors. This could help doctors make more ...

Tumor-Secreted Protein May Hold the Key to Better Treatments for Deadly Brain Tumor

Jan. 8, 2025 — A study has found targeting a protein called endocan and its related signaling pathway could be a promising new approach for treating glioblastoma, an aggressive and lethal type of brain ...

Approaches Against Metastatic Breast Cancer: Mini-Tumors from Circulating Cancer Cells

Jan. 3, 2025 — Tumor cells circulating in the blood are the 'germ cells' of breast cancer metastases. They are very rare and could not be propagated in the culture dish until now, which made research into ...

Breakthrough Study Set to Change How Osteosarcomas Are Diagnosed and Treated

Dec. 20, 2024 — Researchers have been able to identify at least three distinct subtypes of a rare type of bone cancer for the first time, which could transform clinical trials and patient ...

Scientists Develop Scans That Light-Up Aggressive Cancer Tumors for Better Treatment

Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers have used a chemical compound to light up treatment-resistant cancers on imaging scans, in a breakthrough that could help medical professionals better target and treat ...

Treating Prostate Cancer With Novel Platinum Complex Via Targeting Androgen Receptor Signaling

Dec. 16, 2024 — Prostate cancer, especially in advanced stages such as castration-resistant prostate cancer, is challenging to treat. Traditional therapies targeting androgen receptor (AR) signaling have limited ...

Generic Platinum Chemotherapy Shortages Did Not Increase Deaths

Dec. 13, 2024 — An analysis of national data found that short-term mortality was not impacted for patients with advanced cancers during the shortage of the generic platinum chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and ...

Toxoplasma Gondii Parasite Uses Unconventional Method to Make Proteins for Evasion of Drug Treatment

Dec. 9, 2024 — A study sheds new light on how Toxoplasma gondii parasites make the proteins they need to enter a dormant stage that allows them to escape drug ...

Imaging Technique Allows Rapid Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Subtypes and Their Response to Treatment

Dec. 6, 2024 — An MRI-based imaging technique predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumors to treatment, and rapidly reveals how well treatment is working, in patient-derived cell ...

Women With Ovarian Removal Have Unique Risk and Resilience Factors for Alzheimer Disease

Dec. 5, 2024 — New research has found that women who have had both ovaries surgically removed before the age of 50 and carry a variant of the apolipoprotein gene, the APOE4 allele, are at high risk of late-life ...

Researchers Develop New Saliva Test to Rapidly Identify Paracetamol Overdose

Dec. 5, 2024 — A research team has developed a Mass Spectrometry technology-based technique to rapidly assess paracetamol levels from ...

Long-Term Benefit from Anti-Hormonal Treatment Is Influenced by Menopausal Status

Dec. 3, 2024 — Today, women with estrogen-sensitive breast cancer receive anti-hormonal therapy. Researchers now show that postmenopausal women with low-risk tumors have a long-term benefit for at least 20 years, ...