Sometimes, when you happen to be an especially gigantic jerk, you do dumb things.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta leads a panel of experts in discussing challenges facing the battle against cancer.
On Sunday, CNN.com broadcast a special live edition of The Clinic from Dublin, Ireland focusing on cancer.
When Josephine Hathcock of Newark, Delaware, went in for gallbladder surgery, she never dreamed she'd wake up an ovarian cancer patient. Neither did her doctors, who found the cancer accidentally while she was on the operating table. To make matters worse, the cancer was stage 3, aggressive and had spread to her abdomen.
CNN's Melissa Long reports on state efforts to raise money and public awareness for ovarian cancer.
With more younger women choosing to be tested for the breast cancer gene, the Bright Pink foundation offers them education and support.
It's Saturday night. Three young women are dressed to the nines at a trendy bistro on Rush Street in downtown Chicago. They're having drinks outside on the kind of summer night that makes you fall in love with the city.
We received hundreds of questions from you for The Clinic live Webcast, hosted by Dr Sanjay Gupta on August 23. Here are the best questions and the all important answers from our panel of cancer experts.
Women who use hormone therapy after menopause may be at a higher risk of ovarian cancer, and the risk remains elevated for up to two years after women stop taking estrogen, a new study says.
Myriad Genetics, a Utah-based company, vowed Wednesday to "vigorously defend" itself against a legal challenge to its patents on two human genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers, its attorney told CNN.
Women who have more than seven gene markers have a higher risk of ovarian cancer. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
Variations within women's genes could predict risk for ovarian cancer, a new study has found.
The first child in Britain known to have been screened as an embryo to ensure she did not carry a cancer gene was born Friday, a spokesman for University College London told CNN.
The chances of surviving ovarian cancer appear to vary dramatically depending on the levels of two tumor proteins, suggesting that this type of cancer may have a more nuanced outlook than the grim statistics indicate.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have zeroed in on a possible marker for ovarian cancer. The discovery of the marker, called TEM1 and found in the blood vessels surrounding the tumor, could lead to new screening and treatment options.
The nwe mother is teaming with foundations for public-service ads next month
In discussions about breast cancer, the male form of the disease is often overlooked -- so, men end up going longer without diagnosis or treatment
A new study found that a low fat diet can reduce a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer. CNN's Judy Fortin reports.
The procedure has long been regarded as a solution to many women's health problems, but some critics say it is overused
What's scarier than mad cow disease? Nothing, really -- except illnesses that are 10 billion times more likely to hurt you. Think about it this way: Your risk of getting mad cow is much lower than your odds of winning the Powerball lottery. In short, it's not likely to happen. What could happen? In her lifetime, the average woman has a 1 in 2 chance of developing osteoporosis and a 1 in 3 chance of heart disease.
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Genentech announced "encouraging results" from a study involving an experimental ovarian cancer drug.
Recently ousted Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn has been advised she should begin medical treatment for a recurrence of advanced ovarian cancer, according to two published reports.
Becky Fisher started living early because she feared dying would come too soon. A gene plagues her family, predisposing it to a variety of cancers.
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