Ovarian cancer

...we might rule in the consumer's favour." Marketing consultant Inga McVicar had to turn to the FOS in 2007 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer but found herself unable to claim on her critical illness insurance policy. Her...

In this article: The Observer, Cancer, University of Manchester, and Breast cancer

A 59-year-old woman who rose to fame after giving birth when she thought she had ovarian cancer has admitted claiming her dead mother's war widow pension. Published: 8:00AM GMT 28 Nov 2009 Susan Tollefsen appeared before a General...

In this article: Allegation and Birmingham

...to those who have individual insurance and smaller group plans. For Cunningham, 48, of Fort Worth, that means her mother's death from ovarian cancer and her sister's fight with ovarian, breast and now uterine cancer cannot be used against...

In this article: Cancer, Breast cancer, Brca1, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

...of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, but she also dealt with her own end-of-life planning in the last year, after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Here's are edited highlights of our conversation. Why would people want to bring up such...

In this article: Hannukah, Surgery, Sedative, Palm Beach County, and West Palm Beach, Fla.

...Zentaris stated, "We are pleased with the progress of this Phase 2 program. Along with the recently disclosed positive results for the ovarian cancer indication, the good news for the endometrial cancer indication provides us with an even...

In this article: Endometrial cancer, Cancer, LHRH, Peptide, Doxorubicin, Europe, Medical advice, and Safe harbor

...late wife's failed battle against the disease. She was a "magnificent mother, a wonderful actor," he said of Cassandra Harris, who died of ovarian cancer in 1991. "There are too many of us who have lost someone to this brutal disease called...

In this article: Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris, CNN International, Cancer, and Breast cancer

...in a clinical trial that will help women nationwide. His work helped the Food and Drug Administration approve a test to help identify ovarian cancer. FOX13's Health Reporter Lauren Johnson joins us with the story. Many pages in this...

In this article: All rights reserved, Food and Drug Administration, and Tennessee

...1 study for its Aurora A/angiogenic kinase inhibitor, ENMD-2076, in leukemia patients. The Company also announced that it has selected ovarian cancer as an initial Phase 2 indication. Phase 1 Leukemia Data Initial data for the Phase 1...

In this article: Cancer, Leukemia, Medical advice, Revenue, UCLA, Chronic myelogenous leukemia, Antibiotic, and Acute myeloid leukemia

THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- A drug for people with a form of leukemia holds promise as a possible treatment for ovarian cancer, new research suggests. The drug dasatinib (Sprycel) is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia.

In this article: Leukemia, University of California at Los Angeles, Dasatinib, Cancer, Myeloid leukemia, and United States

...U.S. Food and Drug Administration in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, a study by researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive...

In this article: Sprycel, Cancer, FDA, UCLA, Herceptin, Leukemia, Medical advice, Amplification, and Targeted therapy