Combining a blood test with a screening questionnaire for common symptoms, like pelvic pain, difficulty eating and abdominal bloating, can catch 80 percent of ovarian cancer in its earliest, most curable stages, a new study suggests.

Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of death for women and is also known as the "silent killer" because scientists earlier could not detect any symptoms until it progressed to an advanced stage

An overweight or obese person is at an increased risk for developing different types of cancers, a European research analysis shows.

The researchers compiled data from 141 studies and considered the impact of weight on 15 cancer sites on more diverse populations than had been done previously. The research covered more than 280,000 cases from North America, Europe, Australia and Asia

Researchers have found that ovarian cancer can mutate and can develop a mechanism to survive chemotherapy drugs and rebound. Ovarian cancer, dubbed as "silent killer" because of the number deaths attributed to the disease, is a major killer among women.

Two studies that was published online by the British Journal Nature has shown that ovarian tumors among women with cancer-causing gene called BRCA2, initially respond to treatment using platinum-based drugs like cisplatin and carboplatin

Some 30 years after taking birth control pills, a woman can be protected against ovarian cancer according to a study that shows taking the pill had prevented over 100,000 ovarian cancer deaths worldwide.

British researchers said, the longer a woman is on the pill, the less likely she is to develop the disease known as the "silent killer" because symptoms are often diagnose too late, the Lancet Medical Journal reports that the pill halves the risk of ovarian cancer compared with those who have never taken it

A recent study concluded that an appropriate dose of caffeine may potentially lower the risk of women developing ovarian cancer, especially if the patient is not taking any hormones. Furthermore, the results seemed to point out that smoking and drinking do not have any effects on the potential disease. However, smoking was associated with another, rarer type of the disease.

The experiment was conducted by scientists from the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health