Scientists reveal why obesity makes ovarian cancer more deadly - Times of India
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WASHINGTON: The majority of women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed with the most advanced stage of the disease. Less than a third of people diagnosed with the condition survive five years. According to a recent study, as the third most frequent type of gynaecological cancer, it caused more than 200,000 recorded deaths worldwide in 2020 alone. In a study published this month in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, University of Notre Dame researchers in collaboration with NeoGenomics Laboratories have shed new light on one key factor that can make ovarian cancer especially deadly: obesity. Obesity, considered a non-infectious pandemic, is known to increase the risk of ovarian cancer and decrease the likelihood of surviving the disease. A team of researchers led by M. Sharon Stack , the Ann F. Dunne and Elizabeth Riley Director of Notre Dame's Harper Cancer Research Institute, and Anna Juncker-Jensen, senior scientist and director of scientific