Finding out you are at an increased risk for cancer can feel especially personal – not to mention urgent – when it's due to genetics like it is for those who carry BRCA gene mutations.
That’s why we asked breast medical oncologist Banu Arun, M.D., and genetic counselor Hiam Abdel-Salam for advice on what to know if you’ve tested positive for a BRCA genetic mutation.
Learn the BRCA basicsA BRCA mutation is a difference in...
The first time I was diagnosed with a granulosa cell tumor in early 2005, I didn’t realize that my doctors here in Mississippi may have never...
Every day on her way to her lab, Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, Ph.D., passed through the oncology waiting room. Seeing the faces, observing the interactions...
Ascites is the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal space of the abdomen. Though it can be caused by several non-cancerous conditions, when seen alongside a pelvic mass, ascites is often a sign of peritoneal carcinomatosis, a classic symptom of advanced-stage ovarian cancer.
So, what causes ascites? Can it be treated? And, does it ever develop anywhere else?
We went to Travis Sims, M.D., a gynecologic oncologist specializing...
Lynch syndrome is a genetic condition that makes some people more likely to develop certain cancers.
Carriers have a much...
Symptoms of ovarian cancer are so vague that roughly 80% of cases are diagnosed only after the disease has reached stage III or IV.
When Mac Dunwoody thinks of his late wife, Susan, he doesn’t focus on the ovarian cancer that ultimately took her life. Instead, he remembers...
Benign — or non-cancerous — ovarian cysts are common among women of childbearing age. And most premenopausal women who have one at any given...
When I was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in 2018, I wasn’t really that surprised. My gynecologist had been monitoring several...
On Feb. 6, 2020, I was diagnosed with stage IIIc ovarian cancer. The abruptness of it all was shocking. In an instant, I was snatched from...