{"id":190369,"date":"2024-05-30T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T19:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/new-prognostic-factor-for-anticancer-treatments-of-ovarian-cancer"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T19:23:13","slug":"new-prognostic-factor-for-anticancer-treatments-of-ovarian-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/new-prognostic-factor-for-anticancer-treatments-of-ovarian-cancer","title":{"rendered":"New Prognostic Factor for Anticancer Treatments of Ovarian Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-prognostic-factor-for-anticancer-treatments-of-ovarian-cancer.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oncologists base <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/publications\/dictionaries\/cancer-terms\/def\/prognosis\">prognosis<\/a>, the predicted long-term outcome of an individual\u2019s cancer, on the chances of recovery versus the chances of experiencing a recurrence or failure to respond to interventions. A clear understanding of prognosis can significantly influence treatment planning, lifestyle, and overall quality of life of a cancer patient. Thus, ongoing research to uncover, validate, and optimize the predictive accuracy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/publications\/dictionaries\/cancer-terms\/def\/prognostic-factor\">prognostic factors<\/a>, modifiable or non-modifiable characteristics that help estimate prognosis, has significant value to areas of cancer treatment and care.<\/p>\n<p>A meta-analysis recently published in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ijgc.bmj.com\/content\/33\/12\/1913\">International Journal of Gynecological Cancer<\/a><\/em> evaluated the value of different prognostic factors for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/publications\/dictionaries\/cancer-terms\/def\/epithelial-ovarian-cancer\">epithelial ovarian cancer<\/a>, an aggressive and deadly cancer occurring in the tissue lining women\u2019s ovaries.<\/p>\n<p>Epithelial ovarian cancer represents a highly fatal disease, with an <a href=\"https:\/\/acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.3322\/caac.21820\">estimated<\/a> 19,680 new cases and 12,740 deaths in the United States in 2024. Diagnosis of ovarian cancer remains challenging, and as a result, most women with ovarian cancer have advanced-stage disease. Once advanced, ovarian cancer may spread into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/publications\/dictionaries\/cancer-terms\/def\/parietal-peritoneum\">peritoneum<\/a>, the tissue lining the abdominal wall and pelvic cavity, making it <a href=\"https:\/\/ijgc.bmj.com\/content\/25\/3\/407\">difficult to identify<\/a> small lesions and fully assess the condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oncologists base prognosis, the predicted long-term outcome of an individual\u2019s cancer, on the chances of recovery versus the chances of experiencing a recurrence or failure to respond to interventions. A clear understanding of prognosis can significantly influence treatment planning, lifestyle, and overall quality of life of a cancer patient. Thus, ongoing research to uncover, validate, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}