ovarian cancer
Cancer of the ovaries. Three types of ovarian cancer have been identified: epithelial, germ cell and stromal.
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Last Modified: August 17, 2010
Ovarian cancer accounts for four percent of all cancers diagnosed in women. One in seventy women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer at some time in her life, and one out of every hundred will die from… View Full Article
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