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Sunday 16 December 2018

Well, it’s Christmas!



 “Dietary fiber intake and reduced risk of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first meta-analysis to summarize evidence between total dietary fiber intake and different types or sources of dietary fiber intake and risk of ovarian cancer. The risk of ovarian cancer was reduced by 22% in the group of highest dietary fiber intake compared with the lowest”
'We bring gifts of gold, myrrh, and ovarian cancer treatment'
Extracts from Boswellia sp. (Frankincense), used for centuries as herbal medicine in Asia, have known anti-inflammatory properties and anti-cancer potential alone or in combination with other chemotherapies. This suggests that frankincense may be useful for overcoming drug resistance, and it could also lead to an improved survival rate for patients with late-stage ovarian cancer”.

“A Perspective on Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers: Past, Present and Yet-To-Come

As one year closes and another begins, I find myself reflecting on ovarian cancer diagnostics. It is truly humbling how little we have accomplished in this field over the last half-century. So let us awake on a future Christmas morning with newfound clarity. Let us transform how we categorize ovarian cancer, how we identify ovarian cancer, how we treat ovarian cancer, and possibly how we screen for cancer in general. It did not take long for the Nuclear Age to change our worldview or for the Information Age to profoundly alter our daily lives; with any luck, it will not take long to revisit our approach to early diagnostics for ovarian cancer. If Ebenezer Scrooge can change his ways…”


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