The Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC) is pleased to host a free Patient and Advocate Education Forum on Friday, March 15, 2024, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PT, in San Diego, CA, at the San Diego Convention Center. The organization welcomes all gynecologic cancer (cervical, endometrial/uterine, ovarian, vaginal, and vulvar) patients, advocates, family members, and providers.
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UC San Diego Health Expert Available to Talk about New Recommendation for Ovarian Cancer Prevention
The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance is urging some women to remove their fallopian tubes to avoid ovarian cancer, even those at low risk. The research group recommends eligible women to have the removal performed if they are finished having children…
A New Way to Target Cancers Using ‘Synthetic Lethality’
Researchers at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that inhibiting a key enzyme caused human cancer cells associated with two major types of breast and ovarian cancer to die and in mouse studies reduced tumor growth.
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. A Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey expert shares insight on prevention and early detection of this disease.