Tag: Cancer: Ovarian
AACR: Ovarian Cancer Patients at Higher Risk for Mental Illness
Increased risks for anxiety, depression, adjustment disorder especially high during first two years after diagnosis
Oral Contraceptives Protect Against Ovarian, Endometrial Cancer
Increased risk for breast cancer observed, which was seen for up to two years after discontinuation of oral contraceptives
Hospitalization Up for Black Gynecologic Cancer Patients With COVID-19
Among patients with gynecologic cancer who died from COVID-19, 41.2 percent were Black
ART Treatment Not Tied to Higher Risk for Ovarian Cancer
Increased risk compared with general population likely due to nulliparity among ART-treated women; risk not increased versus subfertile women
Positive BRCA Test Results Down From 2008 to 2018
Socioeconomic and regional disparities persist in the use of BRCA testing
Women Can Conceive After Surgery for Borderline Ovarian Tumors
Fertility maintained for women undergoing fertility-sparing surgery for borderline tumors
Factors Tied to Hormone Therapy Use After Oophorectomy ID’d
Age, education, preventive mastectomy linked to hormone therapy use in BRCA mutation carriers
Most Gynecologic Cancer Therapy Not Tied to Higher COVID-19 Risk
Only recent immunotherapy use linked to death due to COVID-19 in gynecologic oncology patients
J&J Ordered to Pay $2.1 Billion in Talcum Product Lawsuit
Decision reduced by more than half the record award of $4.7 billion made to the women in July 2018
ASCO: At-Home Ovarian, Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Feasible
Testing without the traditional office visits and counseling poses no additional stress to women
