Sentences with phrase «studying ovarian tissue»

Researchers are also studying ovarian tissue transplantation for patients with cancer.

Not exact matches

In this study, researchers analyzed ovarian tissue from populations of reproductively «young» (equivalent to women in their early twenties) and «old» mice (equivalent to women ages 38 - 45).

«Ovarian cancer treatments have not changed much in many decades, and this may be, in part, because we have been studying the wrong tissue of origin for these cancers,» says study leader Victor Velculescu, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

For the new study, described in the October 23rd issue of Nature Communications, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston collected tissue samples containing normal cells, ovarian cancers, metastases that had spread elsewhere, and small cancers found in the fallopian tubes, which included single cell layers of cancer called «p53 signatures» and serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma, or STIC lesions.

The study team assessed three sets of outcomes: a maturational index (MI) based on epithelial cells from the children's urogenital tissue; ultrasound measurements of uterine, ovarian and testicular volume, as well as breast - buds; and hormone concentrations seen in blood tests.

Cancer patients who have ovarian tissue removed and stored for later transplantation have a chance at a successful pregnancy, a new study finds.

«This fatty tissue, which is extraordinarily rich in energy - dense lipids, acts as a launching pad and energy source for the likely lethal spread of ovarian cancer,» said study author Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago.

Clinical and laboratory studies have shown that NY - ESO - 1 is present in many different cancers — including melanoma, lung, breast, and ovarian cancers — and not in most healthy tissue.

According to the study authors, tissue and fluid collected during a Pap test can detect endometrial and ovarian cancer in women when subjected to genetic testing.

The good news is that if markers for these tubal cells can be found, then blood tests, advanced Pap smears, or direct tests on tubal tissue might spot ovarian cancer earlier, the study authors said.