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We are dedicated to improving the health of women through education on the warning signs of ovarian cancer, support of those diagnosed with the disease and promotion of ovarian cancer research.
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Ovarian cancer is difficult to detect, especially in the early stages. Do you know the signs?
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Recent News from Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance
- OCRA Funded Study Aims to Increase Efficacy of PARP Inhibitors 03/20/2019(March 20, 2019) The Ovarian Cancer Dream Team, funded in part by OCRA, recently completed a Phase 1b Trial, which combined a PARP inhibitor with an HRR (homologous recombination repair) pathway inhibitor, such as PI3K, in order to increase the efficacy of PARP inhibitors in breast and epithelial ovarian cancers. Phase 1 trials are used… […]
- Lymphadenectomy in Ovarian Cancer Patients Can Be Unnecessary 03/18/2019(March 18, 2019) Before the most recent study on the usage of lymphadenectomy, published earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, it was thought that surgically removing clinically negative lymph nodes had a positive effect on the patient’s health. Now, doctors are rethinking that approach. The LION, Lymphadenectomy in Ovarian Neoplasms, trial… […]
