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Devastated sisters told to have breasts and ovaries removed as four family members are struck down with cancer - Daily Mail 27th October 2009
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Two sisters have been advised to have their breasts and ovaries removed after four women in their family were struck down with cancer.
Pamela Lewis, 56, and Sue Postans, 57, were offered the drastic operations when their two younger sisters and two cousins were diagnosed with the disease."
Grandmother dies of ovarian cancer after being sent home FIVE times 'with trapped wind' - Daily Mail 7th October 2009
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A grandmother dying of ovarian cancer was sent home five times by medics who said her crippling pain was caused by trapped wind.
Barbara Collins, 68, was bed ridden for months with agonising pain and bowel problems, classic signs of the killer disease, but sent home with only laxatives."
Experts find 'faulty' gene linked to cancers - The Independent 7th October 2009
"British scientists have identified a faulty gene linked to over half of all breast cancer cases, in what they claim is a major breakthrough in fighting the killer disease.
The gene is also linked to half of bowel and prostate cancers and one in four ovarian and bladder cancers, said the experts from Cambridge University's pathology department."
Scientists find gene that stops some cancers in their tracks - The Guardian 5th October 2009
"Scientists have identified a gene they believe plays a major role in more than half of all breast cancers and a significant portion of other tumours.
The gene, which helps to stop cancer cells in their tracks, came to light after researchers noticed it was missing from tissues that had been removed from breast cancers for testing. The lack of the gene has also been implicated in half of all cases of colon and prostate cancer, and a quarter of ovarian and bladder tumours."
Scientists hail key breast cancer gene advance - The Times 5th October 2009
"Scientists have hailed the discovery of one of the most important genetic links to breast cancer after finding a gene that is thought to play a role in more than half of all tumours.
The gene is also implicated in the development of half of bowel and prostate cancers and a quarter of ovarian and bladder cancers. "
Breast cancer gene discovery 'most important for 20 years' - Daily Telegraph 5th October 2009
"Scientists have found a faulty gene linked to half of all breast cancers which experts have hailed as the most important discovery in the disease since the 1970s. "
Breast cancer experts make most important gene discovery for 20 years - Daily Mail 5th October 2009
"Scientists have made a breakthrough in pinpointing a gene linked to more than half of all breast cancers, it was announced today.
The gene is also thought to be linked to half of bowel and prostate cancers and a quarter of ovarian and bladder cancers."
Key cancer spread gene found - BBC Health News 5th October 2009
"Scientists have pinpointed a gene linked to more than half of all breast cancers.
The gene, NRG1 (neuregulin-1), is also thought to play a role in many bowel, prostate, ovarian and bladder tumours."
Obesity will be biggest cancer cause within 10 years - Daily Telegraph 24th September 2009
Obesity will be the biggest cause of cancer in women within the next decade, researchers have warned.
Being overweight could become the leading cause of cancer in women, say scientists - Daily Mail 25th September 2009
New predictions about the impact of obesity suggest it could soon overtake smoking as the key trigger for cancers such as those of the bowel, womb and breast.
Almost one in ten new cases of the disease among women in Europe are currently attributed to being overweight or obese - almost three times more than men - according to data presented at a major conference in Berlin.
Cancer risk casts doubt over future of HRT - The Observer 20th September 2009
Medical academic Apar Kishor Ganti claims new results could be 'nail in the coffin' for hormone replacement therapy
New drug 'can treat more cancers' - BBC Health News 15th September 2009
A promising new drug may be able to treat more types of cancer than first thought.\n\nPARP inhibitors have shown early promise for treating cancers linked to BRCA gene mutations, including some breast and ovarian cancers.
Me and my operation: Surgeons took my ovaries out through my belly button to stop my cancer coming back - Daily Mail 7th September 2009
Women have their ovaries removed for many reasons, such as endometriosis or to prevent breast or ovarian cancer.
Sarah Bates, 43, a PA from Nottingham, was one of the first Britons to have her ovaries removed through her belly button, as she tells Angela Brooks.
Liverpool university researcher given £168,000 grant to investigate ovarian cancer - Liverpool Daily Post 1st September 2009
A MERSEYSIDE researcher has been given £168,000 to further his quest into discovering how ovarian cancer spreads.
Dr Daimark Bennett, 34, received the grant from the North West Cancer Research Fund charity, as part of a £344,000 hand-out to the University of Liverpool.
Women with ovarian cancer ‘dying because GPs fail to spot signs’ - The Times 26th August 2009
Women with ovarian cancer are dying because GPs are failing to detect the early signs of the disease, a study suggests today.
The disease, known as the “silent killer”, is the fifth-most common cancer in women, with 6,800 new cases each year in Britain and 4,300 deaths. Many GPs believe that it has no obvious signs in the early stages.
Most ovarian cancer victims face delays in diagnosis that can kill - Daily Mail 25th August 2009
More than half of women with ovarian cancer face delays in diagnosis that can be fatal, warn researchers.
Even when women with symptoms seek help from their GP, many doctors miss vital signs that could result in a life-saving early diagnosis, it is claimed.
Ovarian cancer 'is being missed' - BBC Health News 25th August 2009
Women with ovarian cancer may not be diagnosed as early as they could be because their symptoms are not being recognised, a study suggests.
Writing in the BMJ, Bristol researchers said the cancer was not a "silent killer" as it is frequently dubbed, but was associated with specific symptoms.
Study finds menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy increased their risk of ovarian cancer by 38 per cent - Daily Mail 15th July 2009
Menopausal women who took hormone replacement therapy increased their risk of ovarian cancer by 38 per cent, Danish researchers reported yesterday.
The study of more than 900,000 Danish women aged 50 to 79 found around one extra ovarian cancer for roughly 8,300 women taking hormone therapy, or HRT, each year.
Early puberty reduces the chances of surviving ovarian cancer: research - The Telegraph 9th July 2009
Girls who go through puberty at an early age have a poorer chance of surviving ovarian cancer, new research has found.
Ovarian cancer 'was wrongly diagnosed as IBS' - The Independent 29th June 2009
Lindy Waldron developed ovarian cancer which was wrongly diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
The 59-year-old librarian, from East Sussex, said: "I began to experience right-sided abdominal pain, which became persistent and eventually kept me awake at night.
"Very worried and convinced I had bowel cancer, I visited my GP.
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