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How To Prevent Ovarian Cancer?
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Up to 95% of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer will survive longer than 5 years if their cancers are treated before they have spread beyond the ovaries. Unfortunately, there are no screening tests for ovarian cancer that are comparable to mammography for early detection of breast cancer. Therefore, only about 25% of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed at such early stages. It is possible to perform genetic screening in high-risk women, but this raises some complex issues.
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A Gynecologist Answers our Questions about Ovarian Cancer
It is known as the "silent killer." Ovarian cancer is frightening to so many women because there generally are little to no symptoms in... Read more »
Ovarian Cancer Marker Offers Hope for Early Detection
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Ovarian Cancer
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
Prevention Women who take birth-control pills have half the risk of developing ovarian cancer, possibly because these drugs prevent ovulation. It is... Read more »
Preventive Surgeries Reduce Breast, Ovarian Cancer in Some Wom...
A new study appears to back the idea that a preventive surgery helps prevent breast and ovarian cancer in women who have a family history of the... Read more »
Fact Sheet: Colorectal Cancer Research from the Prostate, Lung...
Source: National Cancer Institute
Colorectal Cancer Research from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial: NCI Fact Sheet Key Points • • • The... Read more »
Ovarian Cancer: Symptoms
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
and PreventionOvarian cancer is the ninth most common cancer in women, and the fifth leading cause of female cancer death. Each year in the United... Read more »
Ovarian cysts
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Physiologic ovarian cysts; Functional ovarian cysts; Corpus luteum cysts; Follicular cystsPreventionIf you are not trying to get pregnant and you... Read more »
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