Advanced Ovarian Cancer and Chemotherapy

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Advanced ovarian cancer: Avastin-chemotherapy combination followed by Avastin alone improves PFS

buzzup.com — “Genentech, Inc., a wholly owned member of the Roche Group, today announced that a Phase III study showed the combination of Avastin® (bevacizumab) and chemotherapy followed by maintenance use of Avastin alone increased the time women with previously untreated advanced ovarian cancer lived without the disease worsening (progression-free survival or PFS), compared to chemotherapy alone. A preliminary assessment of safety noted adverse events previously observed in pivotal trials of AvastiView full resource at buzzup.com

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Advanced ovarian cancer: Avastin-chemotherapy combination followed by Avastin alone improves PFS

news-medical.net — “Genentech, Inc., a wholly owned member of the Roche Group, today announced that a Phase III study showed the combination of Avastin® (bevacizumab) and chemotherapy followed by maintenance use of Avastin alone increased the time women with previously untreated advanced ovarian cancer lived without the disease worsening (progression-free survival or PFS), compared to chemotherapy alone. A preliminary assessment of safety noted adverse events previously observed in pivotal trials of Avastin.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Advanced Ovarian Cancer - OrganizedWisdom Health

bit.ly — “: Dr. Maurie Markman reports on a study that indicates neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery is an acceptable alternative to primary surgery in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.View full resource at bit.ly

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Dose-Dense Chemotherapy Improves Both Overall And Progression-Free Survival In Advanced Ovarian Cancer

medicalnewstoday.com — “Women given a more intensive 'dose-dense' regimen of chemotherapy survive longer and have a higher-rate of progression free survival, concludes an Article published Online First in an upcoming ediView full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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Key advances in ovarian cancer (ASCO 2010 ) Video

vodpod.com — “Prof Jonathan Ledermann outlines some of the key advances in ovarian cancer that have been presented at ASCO 2010. Prof Ledermann discusses research demonstrating the effectiveness of combining bevacizumab with chemotherapy as first line treatment of ovarian cancer. A second key presentation was research indicating that PARP inhibitors are effective at treating not just ovarian cancer caused by BRCA mutation but also high grade serous cancer. If this result is confirmed in further studies, it woView full resource at vodpod.com

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Prof Jonathan Ledermann outlines some of the key advances in ovarian cancer that have been presented at ASCO 2010. Pro… http://bit.ly/b7acun

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How ovarian cancer resists chemotherapy

sciencedaily.com — “Researchers have zeroed in on a genetic process that may allow ovarian cancer to resist chemotherapy.View full resource at sciencedaily.com

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Review: Practical Considerations in Ovarian Cancer Chemotherapy - QualityPoint Technologies

qualitypointtech.net — “Intraperitoneal chemotherapy considerations are described for the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer. Therapeutic Advances in Medical OncologyView full resource at qualitypointtech.net

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Oncology Article | ovarian cancer

mdlinx.com — “The Prognostic Impact of Duration of Anemia During Chemotherapy in Advanced Epithelial Ovarian CancerView full resource at mdlinx.com

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced ovarian cance... [Gynecol Oncol. 2010] - PubMed result

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — “PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 19 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.View full resource at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced ovarian cancer: what kind of evidence is needed to convince US gynaecological... http://bit.ly/9Mqdk5

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Treatment for Advanced Ovarian Cancer Effective

disabled-world.com — “New treatment regimen shown effective against advanced ovarian cancerView full resource at disabled-world.com

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New treatment regimen shown effective against advanced ovarian cancer

physorg.com — “Newly reported results from a major clinical trial show that adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to standard frontline chemotherapy for women with advanced ovarian cancer and then continuing a maintenance dose of the drug afterwards significantly extends progression-free survival. Women receiving the new treatment ...View full resource at physorg.com

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Bevacizumab extends progression-free survival in women with advanced ovarian cancer

news-medical.net — “Newly reported results from a major clinical trial show that adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to standard frontline chemotherapy for women with advanced ovarian cancer and then continuing a maintenance dose of the drug afterwards significantly extends progression-free survival. Women receiving the new treatment regimen saw no worsening of their disease for 14.1 months, compared to 10.3 months for women receiving standard therapy.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Researchers uncovering how ovarian cancer resists chemotherapy

physorg.com — “York University researchers have zeroed in on a genetic process that may allow ovarian cancer to resist chemotherapy.View full resource at physorg.com

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New treatment regimen shown effective against advanced ovarian cancer

eurekalert.org — “Newly reported results from a major clinical trial show that adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to standard frontline chemotherapy for women with advanced ovarian cancer and then continuing a maintenance dose of the drug afterwards significantly extends progression-free survival. Women receiving the new treatment regimen saw no worsening of their disease for 14.1 months, compared to 10.3 months for women receiving standard therapy.View full resource at eurekalert.org

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New treatment regimen shown effective against advanced ovarian cancer: (Fox Chase Cancer Center) Newly reported re... http://bit.ly/a8Fohc

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Researchers investigate human reovirus with chemotherapy for ovarian cancer

news-medical.net — “Researchers are now investigating whether the human reovirus, when prescribed along with chemotherapy, will provide a desperately needed "one-two punch" against ovarian cancer.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Researchers investigate human reovirus with chemotherapy for ovarian cancer: Researchers are now investigating whe... http://bit.ly/bZC0iH

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