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Breast and ovarian cancer risks   Cancer is a complex disease with many contributing causes, including hereditary factors. Women with a breast cancer mutation have an elevated risk for breast and/or ovarian cancer. This page discusses... Details > FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered Disease Risk Index: Cancer   The Disease Risk Index: Cancer is an interactive tool that offers users a personalized method for estimating and lowering their risk of the 12 of the most common cancers. The web site is maintained ... Details > Educational Institution--Follow the Resource URL for More Information Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) conducts rigorous, impartial assessments of the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of a broad range of clinical preventive services, including s... Details > Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Ovarian Cancer Control Initiative This page provides details about CDC's ovarian cancer awareness initiative.... Details > Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ovarian Cancer Home Page This page links to a range of topics related to ovarian cancer, including treatment, prevention, genetics, screening, clinical trials, research, and statistics.... Details > National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Ovarian Cancer National Alliance - What is Ovarian Cancer?   This site provides detailed information about ovarian cancer, including its symptoms, approaches to treatment, clinical trials, dealing with the disease and much more.... Details > Ovarian Cancer National Alliance Ovarian Epithelial Cancer (PDQ®): Treatment The treatment information in this document is based on information from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database for health professionals on this cancer type. Details include a general overview ... Details > National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Reducing the Burden of Ovarian Cancer The American Cancer Society predicts that in 2003, about 25,400 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed and 14,300 women will die of the disease. ... Details > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer   This site presents some of the potential signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer.... Details > National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Inc. Understanding CA 125 Levels: A Guide For Ovarian Cancer Patients   Women who are suspected of having ovarian cancer and women who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer often receive a blood test to measure their CA 125 level. Often there is confusion and misunderst... Details > Gynecologic Cancer Foundation