When an expansive curlicue of tissue sitting below the ovaries was discovered more than a century ago, it was dismissed as useless and erased from biology textbooks. Biologists now are taking a new ...

An ultrasound image of a human ovary that used shear wave elastography to assess ovarian stiffness by detecting and measuring fibrotic tissue. Medication to reduce ovarian scarring helps extends ...

Ovarian function suppression (OFS) with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHas) is a standard of care for premenopausal patients with high-risk stage II/III hormone receptor–positive breast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows that ultrasounds can be an extremely effective means of diagnosing cases of ovarian cancers, provided one ...

A new ovarian cancer surveillance test is now being offered to women with an inherited risk of the disease, marking a significant development in care. University College London Hospitals NHS ...

Many cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, can irreparably harm reproductive organs, leaving patients who hope to conceive a child after treatment with few options. Some can ...

Association of genetic predisposition to low-grade systemic inflammation with cancer-related fatigue in women receiving chemotherapy for non-metastatic breast cancer in URCC07012 and URCC10055.

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Women live far longer ...