Women's Health

Ovarian Cancer: The Year in Review

Final thoughts

These four breakthroughs are obviously not an exhaustive list of ovarian cancer developments in 2017. However, they do represent the great progress being made by researchers in ovarian cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment. The hope is that some of these breakthroughs will be used in the future to significantly improve current treatment options available to most ovarian cancer patients. These better treatments could reduce the number of deaths due to the disease, and could also greatly improve the quality of life of many ovarian cancer patients.

For more information on ovarian cancer discoveries, medical studies, and lifestyle tips, be sure to visit the rest of our website.

References

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/07/recurrent-ovarian-cancer-patients-may-have-hope/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171213104936.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171026135352.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171031161255.htm