Reproductive Shifts and Ovarian Cancer Risk in Women Aged 40 Years or Older https://tinyurl.com/58neb6xd For many years the incidence of ovarian cancer was seen to be decreasing, this was thought mostly to be due to hormonal contraception, which results in fewer lifetime menstrual cycles . Now in some populations, especially South - East Asia the incidence is rising . This population survey of women in South Kore a looks at why this is occurring. The study group includes all women aged 40 or more who underwent health screening in 2009 and were followed until diagno sis of ovarian cancer. Those women who had delivered two or more children and breast- fed had a lower risk of ovarian cancer as did women with a history of more than one year’s use of hormonal contraception. In the last 5 0 years there has been a dramatic decline in fertility for women in S outh Korea from a rate of more than four to less than one lifetime births. Also, the menarche is happening earlier . These t...

Cancer Incidence in Women After Medically Assisted Reproduction https://tinyurl.com/y5pjhxy9 A feature of medical care in the 21 st Century has been the rise of Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) . About one in six couples seek such intervention. This po p ul ation study of more than 400,000 women in Australia looks at the incidence of cancer following MAR. The data included MAR treatments, pregnancies, subsequent cancers, and deaths. All the information was obtained from the Medicare Benefits Schedule and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule during the period 1991- 2018. Results from the study showed small increases in the incidence of ovarian, uterine and breast cancer, with a slight increase in the incidence of melanoma. Some cancers were less likely after MAR, these includ e pancreatic, renal, lung , and myeloid leukaemia . The authors note than the increases are small with overall increase of about 16/100,000 pa . There are some limiting factors in the con clusi...

Novel therapies for nausea and vomiting in advanced illness and supportive cancer care https://tinyurl.com/52nu5m5z For cancer patients on chemo one of the most distressing adverse effects is nausea and vomiting. About 50% of them experience severe nausea . Some chemo , notably the platinum drugs are even more likely to result in sever e nausea , with all patients being a ffected to some degree . Up to 20% of them will either cease or have their treatment modified because of it. Despite this being so common the cause is little understood. It is thought that the emetic effect of chemo is due to altered gastric and bowel transit, in creased mucosal sensitivity, altered gut-brain communication or psychiatric anxiety, Support for the latter cause c omes from the effectiveness of antipsychotic medication such as haloperidol in managing nausea for some patients , these drugs act to block neuro transmitter receptors . To counter this it is now standard therapy to treat patients ...

Australian women file writ against Johnson & Johnson over link between talcum powder causing mesothelioma and cancer https://tinyurl.com/vzvvj9yh Class actions or contingent litigation are increasingly common and have become important sources of income for lawyers and third - party funders . This no win , no fee legal process groups together individuals who believe the y ha ve been adversely affected by the actions of big corporate business. One of the latest in Austr alia involves an attempt to obtain financial compensation for cancer caused allegedly by talcum powder . 1 300 women have registered an interest in a case to be heard in the Victor ia n Supreme Court. Defendants in the writ are the multinational Johnson and Johnson who have been subject to many similar suits in the US. They dispute the link betewen talc and cancer and deny that their product might be c ontaminated with asbestos , which is a well proven cause  of mesothelioma. In a recent statement t...