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Ovarian cancer is a growing area of research at the University of Colorado Cancer Center. A newly formed Ovarian Cancer Innovations Group, envisioned by Saketh Guntupalli, MD, and led by Kian Behbakht, MD, MBA, is taking a multipronged approach to studying the disease...

The recipients are Matthew Sikora, PhD, and Benjamin Bitler, PhD, both members of the CU Cancer Center...

Bradley Corr, MD, discussed the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced endometrial cancer. This is the second of 2 articles based on this event...

Bradley Corr, MD, discussed the importance of mismatch repair deficiency testing and the value of next-generation sequencing in patients with advanced endometrial cancer...

CU Cancer Center member Saketh Guntupalli, MD, was asked to write an expert review for the British Medical Journal...

Saketh Guntupalli, MD, highlights data supporting PARP inhibitors as the standard-of-care frontline therapy, strategies for the management of PARP-related toxicities, and the importance of testing for HRD and BRCA status in patients with ovarian cancer...

Working with the multidisciplinary CU Cancer Center team, music teacher Winona Williams is excited to live a life not dominated by her cancer diagnosis...

Saketh Guntupalli, MD, and survivor, Winona Williams, talk with Fox31's Great Day Colorado about Wear Teal Day. Teal is the color associated with Ovarian Cancer. It is meant to raise awareness since 220 Colorado Women lose their battle with cancer every year. It is a cancer that normally doesn't get diagnosed until it is too late.

Kian Behbakht, MD, and his patient, Tina Sono-Gies, talk with Denver7's Mile High Living about the subtle signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer - one of the deadliest gynecologic cancers.

University of Colorado Cancer Center member Bradley Corr, MD, is conducting research into why endometrial cancer recurs in some women, looking specifically at the genetic mutations that occur in the tumors of those patients in whom the cancer comes back...

Saketh Guntupalli, MD, had a tremendous impact on long-time Cancer League member Arlene Johnson's life-saving treatment.

Comparing the use of novel immunotherapeutic approaches with standard chemotherapy in the frontline setting represents a key focus of research in the endometrial cancer paradigm, according to Bradley R. Corr, MD...

Bradley R. Corr, MD, assistant professor of gynecologic oncology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, UCHealth, discusses the utilization of molecular profiling in endometrial cancer...

In November of 2020, Victoria Theogarajan had a sharp, shooting pain in her back. She thought maybe she had a kidney stone. So she went to her doctor, who ordered an ultrasound. The results showed nothing abnormal...

In November of 2020, Victoria Theogarajan had a sharp, shooting pain in her back. She thought maybe she had a kidney stone. So she went to her doctor, who ordered an ultrasound. The results showed nothing abnormal...

Dr. Carolyn Lefkowits supports gynecological oncology patients through their cancer journeys—from diagnosis to cure and beyond...

Helping his patients live full, active lives is what gynecologic oncologist Dr. Saketh Guntupalli is striving to do every day...

Dr. Saketh Guntupalli joins 9 News to discuss Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month...

PARP inhibitors are an important ovarian cancer treatment, but patients can commonly develop resistance to them. This resistance and how to overcome it are an area of research that Benjamin Bitler, PhD, CU Cancer Center member and assistant professor of reproductive sciences, has pursued with research partners across the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and the country...

In July 2019, Emily McClintock Addlesperger was on vacation in Maine with her husband, Jason, when she felt sick and was airlifted to Portland with internal bleeding. A tumor on her ovary had burst. It was Monday. On Saturday, she passed away. Emily was 44 years old...

A young mother was faced with a life-threatening pregnancy complication. She had a severe condition that could cause her to hemorrhage. She credits a team of specialists, including Dr. Saketh Guntupalli at UCHealth with saving her life...

Dr. Saketh Guntupalli approached leadership at UCHealth and was able to get donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) from multiple departments at the system’s hospitals and Anschutz Medical Campus...

Dr. Saketh Guntupalli and Associate Nurse Manager Inpatient OR Shauna Sutton tasked the UCHealth hospital staff to donate extra supplies to send to India to help with COVID-19 care...

A Colorado woman who is believed to be one of the youngest women in the U.S. to ever develop ovarian cancer has lost her fight. Peyton Linafelter was diagnosed at age 16. She died Nov. 24, 2020, at age 20...

Dr. Saketh Guntupalli explains why receiving the COVID-19 vaccine was personal...

Know the symptoms. That’s the message a 23-year-old from Parker is hoping to spread for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Saketh Guntupalli explains why this is so important...

Benjamin Bitler, PhD and other researchers share their findings from looking at how the composition of ovarian cancer tumors changes during chemotherapy and contributes to therapeutic response...

Former Denver Bronco, Tyler Polumbus honors his mom and also raises awareness for ovarian cancer. Dr. Jill Aldredge explains why it is tough to recognize the symptoms of ovarian cancer...

A group of researchers and clinicians from the University of Colorado (CU) published a paper this week in the Clinical Cancer Research that shares findings from research looking at how the composition of ovarian cancer tumors changes during chemotherapy and contributes to therapeutic response...

A CU Gynecologic Oncology study's findings suggest that oral apixaban is a potentially safe, less painful, and easier-to-take alternative to subcutaneous enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis after surgery for gynecologic cancer...

Saketh Guntupalli, MD, outlines what a patient can expect after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer...

Saketh Guntupalli, MD and Lisa Marie Babayan, PA talk about their work on the front lines at UCHealth Anschutz Medical Campus during the coronavirus pandemic...

CU Gynecologic Oncology partners with St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, bringing much needed Gynecologic Cancer care to Colorado’s Western Slope...

A 34-year-old single mother who has stage 4 cervical cancer spends an important Christmas with her children...

University of Colorado Gynecologic Oncology and Family Planning faculty publish a study finding the rate of ovarian cancer decreased with use of IUDs.

Clinical trials for endometrial cancer are being performed at the University of Colorado Cancer Center to improve treatments with Dr. Bradley Corr at the head of the group.

Dr. Guntupalli's patient, a 22-year-old woman battling a rare form of stage 3 ovarian cancer, wants everyone to know the subtle symptoms of the disease.

Saketh Guntupalli, MD, describes ovarian cancer as difficult to diagnose due to the varying symptoms, but research fuels him to keep learning more.

Carolyn Lefkowits, MD, gynecologic oncologist, and palliative care doctor, at the University of Colorado, addresses common misconceptions regarding palliative care integration.

Dr. Guntupalli explains how previous C-sections are a large risk factor for causing placenta accreta.

Bradley Corr, MD is one of the specialists in the Women’s Cancer Developmental Therapeutics (WCDT) program that helps women find necessary specialty care based on their condition.