Latest Medical & OCAN News Articles

The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Nevada wants to help extend your knowledge by keeping you informed about the latest happenings in this area of your health. They consist of articles not only about medical breakthroughs, but of success, hope, and actions. The following links are to articles for the current month, that have appeared in newspapers and publications from sources throughout both the U.S. and world wide, and are available with on-line editions. Each listing has a short opening paragraph of the article. The listing of the links are by date published, with the most recent found listed first.

For archived articles prior to the current calendar month, please see: Ovarian Cancer Archived News

November 2008

Nov 01, 2008 - "NBC Chicago", Chicago, IL
Can Ovarian Cancer Test Detect Tumors Early?
A blood test that can identify cancer in its earliest stages, including ovarian cancer, which doesn't have many symptoms, has been taken off the market. "It was a shock," said Christy Schmidt. She found out 10 years ago that she had late stage 2 ovarian cancer.  She went through treatment and her cancer hasn't come back. "I was pretty darn lucky that I didn't wait another three or six months," she said. She was lucky. A lot luckier than most women who get ovarian cancer.  Usually three-quarters of them don't find out until after the cancer has spread beyond the ovary.


October 2008 Oct 29, 2008 - "",
Finding ovarian cancer early?
Q: I just heard that the American Cancer Society and other organizations have announced that there are early symptoms of ovarian cancer -- bloating and other stomach issues. I've read this before. What's new?
A: You're correct. The symptoms that cancer experts have listed as possible signs of ovarian cancer have been known for some time. I discussed them on my Web site in 2005. What's new is that there is finally agreement that if women were more aware of the possible significance of these

Oct 28 15, 2008 - "The View - Henderson, Review Journal", Las Vegas, NV
Cancer center opens new Henderson office on Wigwam Parkway
Henderson keeps growing, and so does its need for medical care. Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada opened its second Henderson facility in August at 1505 Wigwam Parkway, Suite 130.

"We were busting at the seams, so we opened this office," said Dr. Mary Ann K. Allison. Allison moved to the valley in 1994 and said she was the first oncologist to have a full-time office in Henderson.

Oct 09, 2008 - "Wall Street Journal", New York, NY
Ovarian Cancer Test Sales Are Illegal, FDA Warns
The Food and Drug Administration warned clinical test giant Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings that it was marketing an ovarian cancer test in violation of the law, vindicating skeptics of the assay who worried it wasn't ready for prime time. OvaSure, developed by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, measures six proteins in blood samples and calculates the chances that the woman has ovarian cancer. LabCorp, as the Burlington N.C., company is known, made the $220 test available in June, under a provision that exempts tests developed and offered by a single lab from the usual FDA review. But in a letter dated Sept. 29 and released Tuesday, the FDA determined that because the test was developed at Yale and that parts of it were manufactured elsewhere, it must meet the agency's usual premarketing approval requirements, which could take up to a year.