BBC News - 'Fatty apron' fuels ovary cancer

Ovarian cancer

A "fatty apron" in the abdomen helps fuel the spread of ovarian cancer, research suggests.

In 80% of cases, it has spread to this apron, called the omentum, by the time it is diagnosed.

The Nature Medicine research found once ovarian cancer cells reach the omentum, they take it over.

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Full article at bbc.co.uk

The omentum's 'not essential'. Yeah, maybe, but I'll bet it's more important than we're about to start givin' it credit for. I'm guessin' it's gonna be the next hot new plastic surgery, 'cause it can be billed as 'therapeutic'.

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