Ovarian cancer has for long been known as the silent cancer because women rarely realize they are suffering from it until it too late. Even in a developed , detection in 70% of the women with the disease is late. Deaths are hence high among ovarian cancer patients. However, researchers from the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Centre...

Female smokers may be at a greater risk than they thought. A new study has found that smoking could lead to ovarian cancer.Scientists have for the first time linked smoking with ovarian cancer – the second most commonly diagnosed gynaecological cancer in Australia with a five-year survival rate of only 40 percent. Their work involved...