Scientists at the University of Arizona Cancer Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, United States of America on Friday discovered a new treatment for ovarian cancer.
According to sciencelive.com, a science Website, the discovery can improve response rates (increase the rate of tumor shrinkage) and prolong the time, until the cancer recurs.
The report said: “This is an exciting new target medication in treating recurrent ovarian cancer. Recurrent ovarian cancer is almost always fatal and new treatments are desperately needed.
“The breakthrough showed a trend in improving survival, although these data are not yet matured.”
Ovarian cancer occurs when a tumour forms in one or both of a woman’s ovaries.
The ovaries are a pair of small organs that produce and release ova, or human eggs.
Ovarian cancer is often termed a silent killer because its symptoms are not obvious until it gets to an advanced stage.
It has claimed the lives of prominent Nigerians, including a one-time First Lady, Maryam Babangida; and a former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili.
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