{"id":7924,"date":"2016-03-04T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=7924"},"modified":"2016-03-04T11:01:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T11:01:30","slug":"surprising-gaps-in-ovarian-cancer-research-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/surprising-gaps-in-ovarian-cancer-research-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSurprising Gaps\u201d in Ovarian Cancer Research, Report Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shutterstock_308224439\"<\/a>There needs to be a better understanding about ovarian cancer, said a\u00a0new report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ovarian cancer should not be categorized as a single disease, but instead as a \u201cconstellation of different cancers involving the ovary,\u201d according to the report, published. Also, ovarian cancer often does not begin in the ovaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile progress has been made in ovarian cancer research over the last few decades, much remains to be learned,\u201d said Jerome F. Strauss, chair of the committee that carried out the study and wrote the report. \u201cThe more that is understood about the basic biology of various types of ovarian cancers, such as where they originate in the body, the more rapidly we can move toward advances in prevention, screening, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ovarian cancer accounts for three percent of cancer diagnoses in women, yet is the fifth-leading cause of cancer-related death. Roughly two-thirds of women are diagnosed when the ovarian cancer is at an advanced stage, making the five-year survival rate less than 46 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report recommends that research should be prioritized on high-grade serous carcinoma, which are the most common type of ovarian tumor but also have the worst survival rates \u2014 accounting for nearly 70 percent of deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n

[pullquote]An improved understanding of the different types of ovarian cancers \u2014 and their biomarkers \u2014 will mean a better chance of developing targeted therapies, researchers said.[\/pullquote]<\/span><\/p>\n

The committee also found recent evidence that suggests that many ovarian cancers arise in other tissues besides the ovary, such as the fallopian tubes, which eventually metastasize to the ovary. Researchers do not have a complete understanding of how each subtype of ovarian cancer progresses, and the committee stressed that the medical community should prioritize the disease\u2019s cellular origins and how it develops.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the majority of women with ovarian cancer respond well to initial treatments, most experience a cancer recurrence \u2014 and recurrent ovarian cancers often become resistant to drug therapies. An improved understanding of the different types of ovarian cancers \u2014 and their biomarkers \u2014 will mean a better chance of developing targeted therapies, researchers said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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