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Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women in the UK. Each year, there are around 6,900 new cases.

Ovarian cancer develops in cells of the ovary. The ovaries are two almond shaped organs located on either side of the uterus (womb). They produce eggs and the female hormones that both regulate the menstrual cycle and are responsible for female body characteristics. About 9 in 10 ovarian cancers form in the cells that line the ovaries.
 

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Treatment Targeted by Decoding Cancer




TAMPA -- After learning her ovarian cancer was back, Lois Kreditor faced what amounted to a medical game of roulette. Only a handful of drugs were available, and her doctors knew most wouldn't work. Trial and error was the best they could offer the 46-year-old mother of three. So they referred her to H.áLee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, where researchers are building a frozen bank with tens of thousands of cancer samples. After years of development, they are now decoding the genetic fingerˇprint that makes each cancer unique, hoping to match patients with the drugs that could save them. Kreditor, who lives in west Palm Beach County, became Patient One in a clinical trial testi...


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