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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 >
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 >
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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 >
This page provides details about CDC's ovarian cancer awareness initiative.... Details >
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This page links to a range of topics related to ovarian cancer, including treatment, prevention, genetics, screening, clinical trials, research, and statistics.... Details >
This site provides detailed information about ovarian cancer, including its symptoms, approaches to treatment, clinical trials, dealing with the disease and much more.... Details >
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 >
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
This site presents some of the potential signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer.... Details >
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 >