The only treatment options for ovarian cancer are surgery and chemotherapy. In this video, HealthMaker Audra Moran, CEO, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, discusses promising personalized medicine that may be an option in the future.
Well, really the only treatments are surgery and chemotherapy at this point. And again they're trying to, there are some different schools of thought. There are a few people that are trying to basically match the type of tumor to a specific drug therapy, that has a lot of promise, but it's not there yet, and I think that would be the avenue that they're hoping to pursue.
Obviously, personalized medicine has become very popular everywhere, but in ovarian cancer it could be especially helpful.
Audra Moran is CEO of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. She brings over a decade of non-profit leadership experience to this organization, where she directs overall strategy, operations and funding.
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