Overcoming global cultural and financial disparities to treat children with cancer
Major advances have been made in the treatment of childhood cancer but this progress predominately benefits patients who live in resource affluent, developed countries. In resource poor, developing nations, where 80 percent of all childhood cancers occur, the majority of youngsters with potentially treatable disease will die from lack of therapy.
Of all of the world’s developing countries, those in sub-Saharan Africa are among the poorest and its children at greatest risk. Read more…
Of all of the world’s developing countries, those in sub-Saharan Africa are among the poorest and its children at greatest risk. Read more…
Ovarian Cancer Treatment: Where We Are Now
Ovarian cancer has proven to be a very difficult cancer to diagnose at a curable stage and thus treat successfully. Even though it has one of the highest mortality rates of all gynecological cancers in the United States, there are no validated or proven screening tests, making it a challenge to diagnose at an early stage. To date, there is no evidence that any of the various screening tests that are performed, including pelvic examinations, transvaginal ultrasounds and a CA-125 assay (a test that measures the level of CA-125 in the blood to see if it is elevated), leads to a decrease in ovarian cancer deaths. These tests have not been shown to diagnose ovarian cancer early, and the risk of falsely calling a benign mass a cancer when it is not present is unacceptably high. This can lead to unnecessary surgery, treatments, and stress for patients.
Ovarian cancer symptoms are fairly non-specific, therefore only about 19 percent of all cases are detected at an early, localized stage. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 22,000 women will be diagnosed with, and 15,000 women will die from this disease in 2011. Even with all these challenges, researchers have made important clinical advances over the years in chemotherapy regimens, surgery techniques and biologic therapies to find better treatment options for ovarian cancer patients.
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Ovarian cancer symptoms are fairly non-specific, therefore only about 19 percent of all cases are detected at an early, localized stage. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 22,000 women will be diagnosed with, and 15,000 women will die from this disease in 2011. Even with all these challenges, researchers have made important clinical advances over the years in chemotherapy regimens, surgery techniques and biologic therapies to find better treatment options for ovarian cancer patients.
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Measles viruses genetically modified to treat ovarian cancer
Scientists prepare clinical lots of measles virus to use in clinical trials against cancer. Credit: Mayo Clinic.
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