Ovarian Cancer - Getting the Bigger Picture on antibody treatment for ovarian cancer
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Ovarian cancer can creep up on you unexpectedly. Maxine had symptoms similar to a pre-existing condition and didn’t know that she had cancer. We talked about how she got her diagnosis, the symptoms she experienced and what had happened since that initial diagnosis.
We also talk to Prof James Spicer who heads up an experimental cancer medicines unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London. We discuss different types of treatment including a novel approach to using antibodies to treat ovarian cancer.
Finally, we talk to Dr Francis Man about how radiolabelling the antibody that Prof Spicer is using, may allow us to better understand how the antibody is working and whether it is going to the parts of the body that we expect.
The symptoms of ovarian cancer can be difficult to detect as Maxine found. Ovacome have a nice easy way to remember what to look out for called BEAT. B is for bloating, E is for a change in eating habits, A is for abdominal pain and T is for a change in toilet habits. (https://www.ovacome.org.uk)
This podcast is supported by a grant from the Public Engagement Fund in the Centre for Medical Engineering at King’s College London.
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