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Some IVF clinics are already using AMH as an indicator of a woman's child-bearing potential, and cancer doctors look to AMH levels in ovarian cancer patients to determine whether chemotherapy has affected their fertility. So far, van Disseldorp thinks the test will be especially effective in women over 30, when AMH levels begin to decline naturally. After all, when it comes to a clock, even a biological one, wouldn't you want it to be as accurate as possible...
...fall of 1994, Ann was having dinner at her friend Patten's house in Jakarta when she felt a pain in her stomach. A local doctor diagnosed indigestion. When Ann returned to Hawaii several months later, she learned it was ovarian and uterine cancer. She died on Nov. 7, 1995, at 52. (See pictures of Obama in Russia...
...nominate my dear friend Dr. Jonathan Berek, a well-known gynecologic oncologist. He has committed his life to the treatment of women and is one of the leading proponents of immunotherapy for the treatment of ovarian cancer. His work has been instrumental in the development of novel strategies and therapeutics. He is a man who has the ability and desire to change people's lives...
Perhaps the surest risk factor - in both women and men - is family history. By the time Place was diagnosed, for example, two of his female relatives had died of breast cancer and a third of ovarian cancer. Although there are certainly several genes that contribute to breast cancer, mutations in two of them - BRCA1 and BRCA2 - are known to increase the odds of both breast and ovarian cancers. So while most men might never even meet a man with breast cancer, those who have several relatives diagnosed with it should be on the lookout for signs of their own breast...
...larger of the two studies - a broad review of data from about 3,000 interviews with women in Olmsted County, Minn. - is among the first to show that ovarian preservation and estrogen therapy protect brain function. Of the study participants, who were all matched for age, 813 women had one ovary removed and 676 women had both ovaries removed, while the 1,472 women in the control group had both ovaries intact. Half of the women had oophorectomies because of a benign condition, such as infection or cysts, and the other half had their ovaries removed prophylactically to prevent ovarian...