Meg is a two-time ovarian cancer survivor (2014 & 2023). She enjoys walking, biking, tai chi and yoga as well as spending time with her family and friends.Together with The Omentum Project team, she ...

Rae Hyndman was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in November 2023, after noticing bloating in her stomach.

About 90% of ovarian cancers are epithelial, meaning the cancer started in the outer layer of the ovary. The closeness of this area to the omentum and peritoneum gives cancer cells a clear path to ...

Ovarian cancer is often advanced at the time of diagnosis. Debulking is a surgical procedure that may prevent or delay disease progression. Debulking is a type of surgery that removes as many ...

Mara Kofoed, 45, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December 2021 after months trying to figure out vague and seemingly unrelated symptoms. She found doctors dismissed them at every turn and ...

Treating Stage III Ovarian Cancer Most often, your doctor does surgery to remove the cancer. The type of tumor you have determines what surgery you get and the treatment before and after. The ...

Granum said that attitudes toward ovarian cancer are changing with each emerging medical development and treatment. When she was first diagnosed, she said doctors didn’t offer much hope.

Most people with ovarian cancer — those who have epithelial ovarian cancer, the most common kind — will receive two different chemotherapy drugs in combination: One is a type of drug called a ...

Age: Ovarian cancer is mainly seen in post-menopausal women, usually over 50 years of age. Reproductive history: Women who have never been pregnant or who have had their first full term pregnancy ...

The omentum's immune functions come from groups of small, white filters located among the fat cells. Anatomists first discovered these cell clusters in rabbits around 1874, giving them the name ...