Researchers discover breakthrough in ovarian cancer (cyst, chemotherapy, mammogram, treatment)
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The findings, published in the Feb. 14 edition of The Lancet Oncology, show that selumetinib targets a mutation in the MAPK pathway for patients with low-grade serous carcinoma, allowing for treatment on previously chemoresistant tumors.
"This is a potentially important breakthrough for the Gynecologic Oncology Group," said John Farley, MD, a gynecologic oncologist in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, a Dignity Health Member.
Any breakthrough is better than nothing, but I am always a littel learny of these reports. Too often they end up proving not to be a positive as had hoped for, but regardless, we all know science is doing wonders in cancer research. Those cancers that used to a death sentence, seem to be nothing more than a bump in the road today, or some of them anyway..
Any breakthrough is better than nothing, but I am always a little leery of these reports...
I am, too. The problem with ovarian cancer is that there is no test for it. The symptoms for ovarian cancer mimic indigestion, so often women don't see a doctor in the early stages since they believe it's due to stomach problems or stress.
Low-grade serious carcinoma, as the article states, assumes that this is caught at a very early stage, which unfortunately is less likely with ovarian cancer than any other feminine reproductive cancer.
For a doctor to find a cyst on a woman's ovary, she would need to undergo a pelvic exam, which many women don't have every year. A pelvic exam is not a suggested or required test, the way a mammogram or even a PAP is.
It would help if people would eat fruits, vegetables, and other growing plants, preferably not cooked. Cooking takes away from the good stuff that is good for you.
I am, too. The problem with ovarian cancer is that there is no test for it. The symptoms for ovarian cancer mimic indigestion, so often women don't see a doctor in the early stages since they believe it's due to stomach problems or stress.
Low-grade serious carcinoma, as the article states, assumes that this is caught at a very early stage, which unfortunately is less likely with ovarian cancer than any other feminine reproductive cancer.
Low grade is not the same as early stage. There are 4 stages and I believe 3 grades. Although low grade is not a bad thing by any means, it does not mean the same thing as the stage. My ovca was stage 3B, moderate grade.
And I have to add that I could've eaten an all organic, vegan, flaxseed, blah blah blah diet and would still have gotten ovca cancer. My sister and I were born with a genetic mutation that predisposes us to certain cancers---the body's repair system for abnormal cells is defective (Lynch Syndrome).
I too am always skeptical of articles that tout ovca cures. It's so difficult to treat---what works for one woman too often doesn't work for another with the exact same DX.
Excellent debulking surgery and chemotherapy has enabled me to be an 8 year survivor.
That is what doctors always say. It is what they've been taught so it's all they know -- it is either zapping you or giving you chemo. They may even think that vitamin C is bad for you, when you should get a transfusion of the stuff like crazy.
Low grade is not the same as early stage. There are 4 stages and I believe 3 grades.
Thanks for the information.
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I have to add that I could've eaten an all organic, vegan, flaxseed, blah blah blah diet and would still have gotten ovca cancer.
Agreed. Both of my friends with ovarian cancer were probably the healthiest eaters I've ever known.
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