Research News
Ovarian Cancer Canada funds research into prevention, improved treatments, and ultimately a cure. Science continues to uncover new knowledge that impacts treatment and survival. Here’s how.
An important resource for the research community, the tissue bank network collects and stores tissue samples from ovarian cancer patients. These samples and associated data are available to scientists and physicians studying ovarian cancer.
The push for an immediate additional investment of $10 million in federal funding to support ovarian cancer research continues. While government response to this appeal isn’t expected until early 2017, research efforts supported by Ovarian Cancer Canada continue to march forward thanks to Walk participants, generous donors, and strategic partners across the country.
One of the world’s largest ever research trials recently posted findings that were 14 years in the making. The UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) estimates a new approach could reduce the number of lives lost to ovarian cancer by one-fifth (20 per cent).
Two promising studies were recently awarded joint funding by Ovarian Cancer Canada and the Cancer Research Society.
In the news recently, scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute have identified a new target for ovarian cancer therapies. New data shows that LKB1, a molecule previously thought to slow the growth of cancer, can also promote tumour survival.
In the news recently, research out of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Guelph shows potential to shrink ovarian tumours while improving drug delivery.
Ovarian Cancer Canada announces this year’s recipient of the Karen Campbell Award for Research Excellence. Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden.
In the past six years, scientific discoveries have fundamentally changed our understanding of ovarian cancer and propelled researchers and clinicians in new directions in their quest to overcome Canada’s most fatal women’s cancer.
Trainee Day: educational and enriching. By Genevieve Lennox
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West coast survivors receive ovarian cancer research update. By Rochelle van Halm
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)’s annual meeting took place from May 30-June 3, 2014. Here are the ovarian cancer highlights.