Ovarian cancer is a cancerous tumor of an ovary. It may originate from the ovary itself or more commonly from communicating nearby structures such as fallopian...
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (redirect from Polycystic ovarian cancer)
Polycystic ovary syndrome, or polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. The syndrome is...
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inflammatory disease may also result in cysts. Rarely, cysts may be a form of ovarian cancer. Diagnosis is undertaken by pelvic examination with a pelvic ultrasound...
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list of notable people who have or had ovarian cancer, whose illness attracted publicity. Ovarian cancer is a cancer that forms in or on an ovary. It results...
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BRCA1 (redirect from BRCA1 Cancer)
EOCs are the most common type of ovarian cancer, representing approximately 90% of ovarian cancers. In serous ovarian carcinomas, a sub-category constituting...
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gastric cancer is 56 years of age with intestinal-type adenocarcinoma being the most commonly reported pathology. HNPCC-associated ovarian cancers have an...
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Follicular atresia (redirect from Ovarian follicle atresia)
XX (November 2008). "Ovarian ageing, follicle depletion, and cancer: a hypothesis for the aetiology of epithelial ovarian cancer involving follicle depletion"...
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could cause ovarian cancer, no conclusive evidence had been shown. Further, a 2008 European Journal of Cancer Prevention review of ovarian cancer and talc...
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Gilda Radner (category Deaths from ovarian cancer in California)
as an iconic figure in the history of American comedy. She died of ovarian cancer in 1989. Her autobiography dealt frankly with her life, work, and personal...
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BRCA mutation (category Ovarian cancer)
genes may produce a hereditary breast–ovarian cancer syndrome in affected persons. Only 5–10% of breast cancer cases in women are attributed to BRCA1...
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Janey Godley (category Deaths from ovarian cancer in the United Kingdom)
emerged, for which Godley later apologised. She was later diagnosed with ovarian cancer, from which she died in 2024. Godley was born in Campsie, East Dunbartonshire...
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Primary peritoneal carcinoma (redirect from Peritoneal cancer)
Primary peritoneal cancer or carcinoma is also known as serous surface papillary carcinoma, primary peritoneal carcinoma, extra-ovarian serous carcinoma...
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breast–ovarian cancer syndromes (HBOC) are cancer syndromes that produce higher than normal levels of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and additional cancers in...
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Ovarian tumors, or ovarian neoplasms, are tumors in the ovary. Not all are ovarian cancer. They consist of mainly solid tissue, while ovarian cysts contain...
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Ovarian Cancer Action is a charity based in the United Kingdom that funds scientific research both nationally and internationally. Nationally, the organisation...
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Gynecologic cancer is a type of cancer that affects the female reproductive system, including ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, cervical cancer, and...
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time. It has a very superficial resemblance to the most common type of ovarian cancer (serous carcinoma of the ovary) under the microscope; however, (1) it...
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Bevacizumab (section Ovarian cancer)
injection into a vein (intravenous) and used for colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, glioblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and renal-cell carcinoma. In...
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Teratoma (redirect from Ovarian teratoma)
Cancer Institute. 2011-02-02. Retrieved 20 December 2017. Noor MR, Hseon TE, Jeffrey LJ, eds. (2014). "Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors". Gynaecologic Cancer:...
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Gynecologic oncology (redirect from Cancers of the female reproductive organs)
focuses on cancers of the female reproductive system, including ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer. As specialists...
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Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA) is a not-for-profit organization focused on ovarian cancer research, advocacy and patient support. The organization...
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Hormone replacement therapy (section Ovarian cancer)
if the ovaries are surgically removed, as can be done to treat ovarian or uterine cancer. Demographically, the vast majority of data available is in postmenopausal...
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PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway (section Ovarian cancer)
regulator of ovarian cancer. PIM kinases are over expressed in many types of cancers and they also contribute to the regulation of ovarian cancer. PIM are...
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inherited cancer syndromes are hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome and hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (Lynch syndrome). Hereditary cancer syndromes...
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death from ovarian cancer led to his active involvement in promoting cancer awareness and treatment, helping found the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection...
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Mucin-16 (section Role in cancer)
Mucin-16 (MUC-16) also known as Ovarian cancer-related tumor marker CA125 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC16 gene. MUC-16 is a member...
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Mucin-1 (section Ovarian cancer)
breast cancer. MUC-1 is over expressed in over 90% of all epithelial ovarian cancer. Currently, MUC-1 CT is being used to create therapies for ovarian cancer...
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Marcheline Bertrand (category Deaths from ovarian cancer in California)
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Bertrand, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1999, also founded the Give Love Give Life organization with Trudell;...
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Surface epithelial-stromal tumor (redirect from Small cell ovarian cancer)
this type are also called ovarian adenocarcinoma. This group of tumors accounts for 90% to 95% of all cases of ovarian cancer; however is mainly only found...
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