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Genital Talc Boosts Ovarian Cancer Risk
2016-03-04 19:20:38| Biotech - Topix.net
The risk of ovarian cancer was one-third higher among women who regularly powdered their genitals with talc, a recent study found. Researchers asked 2,041 women with ovarian cancer and 2,100 similar women without ovarian cancer about their talcum powder use.
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Designer sale raises funds for ovarian cancer research
2015-07-26 02:35:23| Apparel - Topix.net
Dubbed by organizers as the Rolls-Royce of garage sales, Saturday's event - in a field in Water Mill, New York - featured items by more than 100 designers. Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren and Diane von Furstenberg, among others, donated clothes, shoes and accessories to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
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ASCO 2015: NDA coming soon as Clovis unveils data in ovarian, NSCLC
2015-05-31 23:38:49| Logistics - Topix.net
Clovis Oncology Inc. took a big step ahead in preparations for filing its new drug application for the experimental non-small cell lung cancer therapy, rociletinib, showcasing data from an ongoing phase II study testing the drug in a group of heavily pre-treated patients, most of whom had developed resistance to current treatments. The company, which plans to use the data as part of a rolling submission to the FDA slated to begin in June, provided the update at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.
Clovis Oncology's Phase 2 Studies of Rucaparib in Ovarian Cancer...
2015-05-30 21:49:00| Logistics - Topix.net
Clovis Oncology today announced updated Phase 2 results from two ongoing clinical studies with rucaparib: ARIEL2 and Study 10. Rucaparib is the Company's investigational oral, potent, small molecule inhibitor of PARP1 and PARP2 being developed for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer, specifically in patients with BRCA mutations and other DNA repair deficiencies beyond BRCA, commonly referred to as "BRCA-like." Updated data from the ARIEL2 study in 204 patients with advanced ovarian cancer are being presented Monday in an oral presentation by Professor Iain McNeish at the 2015 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.
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Womena s use of talc powder may be tied to ovarian cancer
2015-04-29 16:34:35| Biotech - Topix.net
Deane Berg's doctor called her in the day after Christmas 2006 to give her the crushing news. She'd had her ovaries removed, the pathology results were back, and the information could not have been much worse.