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August 19, 2019

Survival Benefits of High-Volume Ovarian Cancer Surgery Centers Come at Accessibility Cost, Study Says

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Hospitals that perform many ovarian cancer surgeries tend to have better treatment outcomes in terms of mortality, a study suggests. But restricting this surgery to only high-volume hospitals would ... Read more

August 16, 2019

Immix Cleared to Expand Phase 1/2a Trial of IMX-110 to US Sites

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A Phase 1/2a trial testing the advanced solid tumor treatment candidate IMX-110 in Australia has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enroll participants in the ... Read more

August 14, 2019

Precigen Doses First Patient in Phase 1 Trial of PRGN-3005 for Advanced OC

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Precigen has begun dosing participants in a Phase 1 trial testing its experimental therapy PRGN-3005 UltraCAR-T in patients with advanced, platinum-resistant ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. The ... Read more

August 12, 2019

Optimal Just-in-Time Approach Accelerates Enrollment in Trials

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Using an approach called Optimal Just-in-Time (JIT) has shortened the start of patient enrollment in clinical trials of both solid tumors and blood cancers from eight months to only ... Read more

August 9, 2019

AVB-500 Plus Chemotherapy More Effective Than Chemo Alone in Platinum-resistant Patients, Early Trial Data Suggest

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Aravive‘s experimental treatment, AVB-500, in combination with chemotherapy appears to be more effective than chemotherapy alone at treating platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, preliminary results from a first group of patients ... Read more

August 7, 2019

Pre-cancerous Lesions Do Not Always Lead to Ovarian Cancer, Study Finds

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Not all “pre-cancerous” ovarian lesions progress to full-fledged cancer, a new study reports. If confirmed, these results could allow for better identification of ovarian cancer at its very early ... Read more

August 5, 2019

$566K Grant Will Support Research on Use of Contraceptive Pill to Prevent Ovarian Cancer

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A $566,000 grant, awarded via the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation, will support research in Australia that aims to establish the use of contraceptive pills as an effective strategy for ... Read more

August 2, 2019

Gray Foundation Awards $3.75M to Study of BRCA Mutations in Ovarian and Other Cancers

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The Gray Foundation awarded a $3.75 million grant to a researcher team to study how BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, along with other genetic anomalies, increase the risk of breast, ... Read more

July 31, 2019

NHS England to Cover Lynparza Earlier in Advanced OC Treatment

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Maintenance treatment with Lynparza (olaparib) is now recommended after response to the first round of platinum-based chemotherapy in women with advanced ovarian cancer on England’s National Health Service (NHS). ... Read more

July 29, 2019

BRCA Testing for Ovarian Cancer Patients Could Be Decided by Family History and Age, Study Suggests

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Women with ovarian cancer who have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, and are younger than 45 if breast cancer in a near relative makes up that history, ... Read more

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