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Ovarian cancer

Cancer that forms in tissues of the ovary (one of a pair of female reproductive glands in which the ova, or eggs, are formed).

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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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13 June 2022 • 2 minutes read

Only a fraction of BRCA1 mutations cause cancer

by Joseph Hawkins

Hundreds of inherited mutations to BRCA1, a high-risk susceptibility gene for breast and ovarian cancer, have been shown to be harmless...

Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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18 March 2022 • 1 minute read

Genetic link identified between endometriosis and ovarian cancer

by Dr Charlotte Douglas

A genetic predisposition to endometriosis may also increase a woman's risk of developing certain types of ovarian cancer, new findings suggest...

Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
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Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
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4 February 2022 • 2 minutes read

Epigenetic information from cervical smear samples could help detect ovarian and breast cancer

by Georgia Stimpson

Cells in cervical smear test samples could be used as an indicator for breast and ovarian cancer, and show promise as tools for monitoring cancer risk...

Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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10 December 2021 • 2 minutes read

FANCI gene mutation more common in ovarian cancer patients

by Francesca Gavins

Mutations in the FANCI gene have been linked to risks of ovarian cancer for the first time...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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11 October 2021 • 6 minutes read

Advances in Assisted Reproduction: What Can We Expect?

by Annabel Slater

Sarah Norcross, director of the Progress Educational Trust, invited the audience of the event to consider where assisted reproductive technologies stood 55 years ago...

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24 September 2021 • 2 minutes read

Two-drug approach could offer hope to ovarian cancer patients

by Jen Willows

A clinical trial combining two cancer therapies has shown promising results in patients with low grade serous ovarian cancer...

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27 August 2021 • 1 minute read

Genetic screening provides actionable findings in one in six people

by Jen Willows

Offering healthy people genetic screening could provide clinically important information in over 15 percent of cases...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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20 August 2021 • 2 minutes read

BRCA2 DNA repair errors implicated in infertility

by Dr Molly Godfrey

BRCA2 mutations may be implicated in infertility, as well as increasing cancer risk, according to new research...

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13 August 2021 • 4 minutes read

Report recommends more scrutiny for direct-to-consumer genomic tests

by Professor Anneke Lucassen and 1 others

Direct-to-consumer genomic testing is a thriving market – for example by June 2020, 23andMe had sold over a quarter of a million testing kits in the UK...

Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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7 May 2021 • 2 minutes read

PARP inhibitor is most effective in ovarian cancer patients with DNA repair mutations

by Emma Bunting

New research suggests mutations in multiple DNA repair genes can determine how well ovarian cancer patients will respond to the PARP inhibitor, rucaparib...

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