An ovarian germ cell tumor is a growth in a woman's ovaries. Most of these tumors aren’t cancer. Instead, they are “benign” growths. Cancerous germ cell tumors are rare. They make up only 2% ...

Ernexa Therapeutics’ “Trojan Horse” stem cells can infiltrate ovarian tumors in mice, boosting T cell activity and leading to ...

Ovarian cancer incidence shows significant global variation, with highest rates in Eastern Europe and lowest in Africa and Asia. Despite declining incidence rates, ovarian cancer prognosis remains ...

The types of ovarian cancer are grouped by the kind of cell where they start. Your ovaries have three main types of cells, and a tumor can develop in any of them. The three types are: Most cases ...

In a study on ovarian cancer cells, researchers from Karolinska Institutet ... Ph.D. student at the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, and the study's first author.

A New York Times story this week about tennis legend Chris Evert’s battle—twice—with ovarian cancer painted a simple and ...

Two recent large studies profiling ovarian cancer vasculature make ovarian tumor vascular cells the best characterized to date. Tumor vascular-specific antigens have the potential to act as ...

The stage of a cancer tells you how far it has grown. For ovarian germ cell cancers, doctors use the same staging system that they use for other types of ovarian cancer. There are 4 stages, from 1 to ...

How ovarian cancer disables immune cells Date: October 23, 2024 Source: Weill Cornell Medicine Summary: Researchers have discovered a mechanism that ovarian tumors use to cripple immune cells and ...

In particular, natural killer cells, are emerging as an optimal cell target for immunotherapy in ovarian cancer. Natural killer cells are a type of white blood cell responsible for eliminating ...

called adaptive NK cells, to remember ovarian tumors and effectively attack them. The discovery, published in Cancer Immunology Research, could pave the way for new, more powerful immunotherapies for ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have identified a novel trigger of a deadly form of ovarian cancer. Discovery of a subset of high-risk progenitor cells that reside in fallopian tube ...