LGBTQ+ Disparities | Ovarian Cancer | AI, 05/08/2024

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Cancer Information Highlights From the National Cancer Institute Updating you about cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, coping, and more   New from NCI Learning About the Cancer Care Challenges LGBTQ+ People Face   In this Q&A, health psychologist Gwendolyn Quinn, Ph.D., discusses challenges faced by sexual and gender minority people being treated for cancer and ways to address these challenges. Read More LGBTQ+ Voices: Listening to Sexual and Gender Minority People Affected by Cancer   LGBTQ+ people face disparities across all aspects of cancer and cancer care. The breadth and depth of these cancer health disparities aren't well-known, but there's growing research on the challenges this diverse group faces. Read More Approval of Targeted Therapy Expands Treatment Options for Certain Advanced Ovarian Cancers   Although people with advanced ovarian cancer can be treated with platinum-based chemotherapy drugs, the cancer often comes back. Some of these people now have a new treatment option. The Food and Drug Administration granted full approval of mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx (Elahere) for advanced, platinum-resistant ovarian tumors that produce too much FR-∝ protein. Read More Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tool Helps Predict Responses to Cancer Drugs NCI researchers have developed a tool that predicts whether a person's cancer will respond to a specific drug using data from single cells inside tumors. The tool may one day be used to help match patients with drugs that will be effective against their cancer. Read More Genetic Testing for Inherited Cancer Risk This updated page describes cancer risks related to gene changes passed down from parents to children. The page covers who should consider genetic testing and how to understand test results. Read More Childhood Ovarian Cancer Most ovarian tumors in children are not cancer. This updated page covers types of ovarian tumors that occur in children, causes and risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options. Read More Pleuropulmonary Blastoma   Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare, fast-growing type of childhood cancer that most often forms in the tissues of the lungs and pleura. Learn more about this cancer, including its causes and risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options on this updated page. Read More Colon Cancer Treatment This updated page has information about colon cancer, including causes and risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, staging, and treatment options. Read More   Contact Us   Information specialists at NCI's Cancer Information Service (CIS), NCI's contact center, are available to help answer your cancer-related questions in English and Spanish. This page tells you how to reach us by phone, chat, or email.

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