A friend, social media guru and breast cancer survivor, Marie Ennis-O'Connor, writes a weekly post in which she shares blog posts she found interesting from the week before. In
15 Smart Ways to Drive More Traffic To Your Blog in Medium ( https://medium.com/@JBBC/15-effective-ways-to-drive-more-traffic-to-your-blog-75e1943b88f4) to recommended creating "a weekly round-up post on your blog". I've been meaning to do this for a while but had trouble deciding what I wanted to share. Should it be journal articles or survivor stories or new resources or events? Earlier this week I decided to concentrate on research news and went to work creating a graphic I could use for these repeating posts.
On the last Wednesday of the month I will provide links to articles on ovarian cancer research and treatments I read during that month.
Here are some interesting articles published in January:
"The recent addition of targeted therapies – anti-angiogenic agents and
PARP inhibitors – to the pharmacologic treatments available for ovarian
cancer has improved patient outcomes while increasing the available
options for the traditionally difficult-to-treat disease."
"The aim of the study is to explore the
relationship between CCDC69 expression and resistance of ovarian cancer
cells to cisplatin and reveal the underlying mechanism."
"Comparative analysis revealed CRS/HIPEC to be safe, often safer
across the spectrum of NSQIP safety metrics when compared with
similar-risk oncologic procedures. Patient selection was important in
achieving observed outcomes. High complication rates are a misperception
from early CRS/HIPEC experience and should no longer deter referral of
patients to experienced centers or impede clinical trial development in
the United States."
"According to this study, the ultrasonographic appearance of
ovarian masses is strongly associated with a woman’s risk of ovarian
cancer. Simple cysts are not associated with an increased risk of
ovarian cancer, whereas complex cysts or solid masses are associated
with a significantly increased risk of ovarian cancer."
Prevalence of germline pathogenic BRCA1/2 variants in sequential epithelial ovarian cancer cases.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30683677/
"Our study suggests that age at diagnosis, family history of breast
and/or ovarian cancer, medical history of breast cancer or a Manchester
BRCA Score of ≥15 points are associated with a >10% prevalence of
germline pathogenic BRCA1/2 variants in epithelial ovarian cancer.
Studies Seek to Expand on PARP Inhibitor Success in Ovarian Cancer
Where Does Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Fit in Ovarian Cancer Treatment?
If you run across any interesting articles about ovarian cancer research please share them in the comments below or sent them to me in an e-mail. I will be sure to add them to this page. Knowledge is Power. (LiveSTRONG)
Dee
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