In their research, scientists at Rutgers created animal models that closely resemble the cancerous tumors found in women with ovarian cancer by injecting tumor tissues obtained
from gynecological cancer patients treated at the Cancer Institute into laboratory mice.
Not exact matches
These findings were published by researchers
from Loyola University Health System in the latest issue of the International Journal of
Gynecological Cancer.
This study was supported by Norma C. and Albert I. Geller via the
Gynecological Cancer Translation Research Program at the Case Comprehensive
Cancer Center, and grants
from The Mary Kay Foundation (to A.D. and R.X.), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under the NIH Director's New Innovator award number DP2HD084068 (to R.X.), The National
Cancer Institute award number R011CA197780 - 01A1 (to A.D.), and The Young Scientist Foundation (A.D.).
Glossing over or omitting
from the main body of the report
gynecological problems such as higher rates of cervical
cancer, polycystic ovarian syndrome, blocked fallopian tubes, pelvic inflammatory disease, hormonal disorders and multiple births