As you might know, September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. All month long, we have been giving you opportunities to win a pretty piece of jewelry from the Angela Moore Ovarian Cancer Awareness Collection.
Angela Moore creates beautiful bracelets, pendants, earrings, necklaces and more. Since 2004, Angela Moore has partnered with the Ovarian Cancer research Fund to raise awareness of ovarian cancer by creating a special collection of jewelry that symbolizes new beginnings.
With the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Collection, 15% of the net proceeds are donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund all year long. The OCRF funds research to find a …read more

Angela Moore creates adorable beaded jewelry that is chic and affordable. You can check out her entire line of jewelry online at AngelaMoore.com. In honor of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (September), she created a collection of jewelry featuring white beads with the teal ribbon. Fifteen percent of the net proceeds from the collection are donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research
Fund (OCRF) all year long.
And now, we are giving you a chance to win another piece from the collection — the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Petite Bracelet. To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment on this post and/or tweet this contest …read more

Earlier this week, we conducted a giveaway offering the Ovarian Cancer Awareness bracelet from Angela Moore. With the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Collection, 15% of the net proceeds are donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund all year long. Thanks to everyone who participated.
The winner is Kristy, who commented:
Healthy tips- try to walk as much as possible, drink water when you can, and find little ways to enjoy life… it doesn’t have to be stressful
And now, we are giving you a chance to win another piece from the collection — the Angela Moore Ovarian Cancer Awareness pendant. To enter the giveaway, …read more

As you might know, September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Today, we are giving you an opportunity to win a pretty piece of jewelry from the Angela Moore Ovarian Cancer Awareness Collection.
Angela Moore creates beautiful bracelets, pendants, earrings, necklaces and more. Since 2004, Angela Moore has partnered with the Ovarian Cancer research Fund to raise awareness of ovarian cancer by creating a special collection of jewelry that symbolizes new beginnings. With the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Collection, 15% of the net proceeds are donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund all year long. The OCRF funds research to find a method …read more

Earlier this week, I posted about ovarian cancer and preserving fertility among women who are still in their childbearing years (Ovarian Cancer, Young Women & Fertility).
But other than knowing that ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose and it’s survival rate is not good because of the difficulty diagnosing it in the early stages, how much do you know about it?
Ovarian cancer, one of the gynecological cancers, along with uterine, endometrial, cervical and vaginal cancers, affects mostly women over the age of 50, or post menopause. Younger women do develop ovarian cancer but it’s not as common. While doctors don’t know …read more

Ovarian cancer is a particularly difficult cancer to treat. The best way to beat cancer is to catch it early, something that’s not easy for ovarian cancer because of its vague symptoms. It most often strikes older women (over age 50 years), but up to 17% of women with ovarian cancer are under the age of 40 years, say researchers. Statistics show that about 21,650 women in the United States were diagnosed with the disease in 2008.
If a woman develops ovarian cancer in her child-bearing years and hasn’t had children, a big concern often becomes preserving fertility because treatment is …read more

The fewer the ovulatory cycles, the less risk for developing ovarian cancer, the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Researchers have known that for some time.
However, a new study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, reveals how the number of ovulatory cycles and age of menarche affect survival among women already diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

The new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that survival rates among women with ovarian cancer are influenced by the total number of lifetime ovulatory cycles and age of menarche. Certain factors temporarily stop ovulation and reduce your …read more

Yes, it’s still possible to develop ovarian cancer if you had a partial hysterectomy. For total hysterectomies, ovarian cancer is unlikely, but you still have a small risk of a similar cancer known as peritoneal cancer. It’s rare though!
The peritoneal is the lining of the inside wall of the abdomen. It also covers the uterus, bladder and rectum. According to UCSF Medical Center, the symptoms for peritoneal cancer are also very similar to those for ovarian cancer: abdominal discomfort and pain, feeling full even after a light meal, weight gain or loss with no explanation, and abnormal bleeding.

I came across …read more

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers have identified tissue type transglutaminase (TG2) as potential therapeutic target in chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer.
“….found overexpression of tissue type transglutaminase (TG2) in ovarian cancer is associated with increased tumor cell growth and adhesion, resistance to chemotherapy and lower overall survival rates.
When researchers targeted and silenced TG2 in animal models, cancer progression was reversed, suggesting the protein may also provide a novel therapeutic approach for late-stage ovarian cancer.”
Reported findings appear in the July 15th issue of Cancer Research.
Read more from UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.

A blood test that has enough sensitivity and specificity to detect early stage ovarian cancer (cancer of the ovary) with 99 percent accuracy has been developed by Yale School of Medicine researchers.
According to Gil Mor, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale:
“The ability to recognize almost 100 percent of new tumors will have a major impact on the high death rates of this cancer. We hope this test will become the standard of care for women having routine examinations.
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer deaths in the United States …read more