ovarian cancer

Fathers may pass ovarian cancer risk to daughters

It is inherited through the X-chromosome and is independent of other known susceptibility genes that women can already be tested for.

Experts say more studies are needed to confirm the identity and function of the gene.

The latest findings appear in the journal PLoS Genetics.

Family risk

Currently, women with a strong family history of cancer can be tested for the BRCA gene, which greatly increases a woman's chance of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

Dying author writes dating profile for husband

Amy Krouse Rosenthal lists his best qualities and says she hopes "the right person reads this [and] finds Jason".

"I have never been on Tinder, Bumble or eHarmony," she writes in the New York Times.

"But I'm going to create a general profile for Jason right here, based on my experience of co-existing in the same house with him for, like, 9,490 days."

Amy is known for writing books for children, as well as memoirs about her own family and life.

Cervical cancer death rates are much higher than thought, study says

Black women are dying from cervical cancer at a rate 77% higher than previously thought, and white women are dying at a rate 47% higher, according to a study published in the journal Cancer on Monday.

The study found that previous estimates of cervical cancer death rates didn't account for women who had their cervixes removed in hysterectomy procedures, which eliminates the risk of developing the cancer.