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Salpingectomy and Ovarian Cancer Prevention
Nursing for Women's Health, 2015Ovarian cancer is a major health concern for women. Women are often diagnosed late in the course of the disease, making the mortality rate high. Currently, screening methods for ovarian cancer are limited and, therefore, prevention methods remain an area of focus for researchers.
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Towards Prevention of Ovarian Cancer
Current Cancer Drug Targets, 2018Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death of all gynaecological cancers. To date, there is no reliable, specific screening procedure for detecting ovarian cancer. The risk factors of ovarian cancer include modifiable and non-modifiable factors.
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Surgical prevention strategies in ovarian cancer
Gynecologic Oncology, 2018Given the current lack of effective screening for ovarian cancer, surgical removal of at-risk tissue is the most successful strategy to decrease risk of cancer development. However, the optimal timing of surgery and tissues to remove, as well as the appropriate patients to undergo preventive procedures are poorly understood.
Adrianne, Mallen +5 more
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Surgical Prevention in Ovarian Cancer
2021Ovarian cancer is the second most common malignant disease of the female genital tract, but the first in mortality because it is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage. Options for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment are limited. Prevention of ovarian cancer relates to primary prevention by avoiding factors that are epidemiologically associated ...
Alexios Papanikolaou +2 more
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2019
Prevention of ovarian cancer is critical in reducing the mortality and morbidity for patients with ovarian cancer. Growing evidence suggests that primary and secondary prevention of ovarian cancer in women with average risk do not confer mortality benefits.
Sarika Gupta +2 more
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Prevention of ovarian cancer is critical in reducing the mortality and morbidity for patients with ovarian cancer. Growing evidence suggests that primary and secondary prevention of ovarian cancer in women with average risk do not confer mortality benefits.
Sarika Gupta +2 more
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Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Prevention
2019Ovarian cancer is the second leading cause of gynecologic cancer death with 238,700 new diagnoses and 151,900 deaths each year worldwide (Torre et al. 2015). In the developed world, ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer death. In the USA, there are 22,440 new ovarian cancer diagnoses and 14,080 deaths from the disease each year ...
Setsuko K. Chambers, Lisa M. Hess
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Prospective on ovarian cancer: Why prevent?
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 1995In 1995, an estimated 26,600 women in the United States will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. During that same year, approximately 14,500 women will die from the disease. Although ovarian cancer accounts for only 33% of the gynecologic cancers and only 5% of all cancers affecting women in the United States, it results in 55% of the deaths from ...
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Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program
1999Abstract : The goals of this research are to develop interdisciplinary studies of the etiology, biology and prevention of ovarian cancer. Project I, Ovarian Cancer Consortium has registered 293 participants including 97 ovarian cancer patients representing 165 families.
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Cost-effectiveness of Ovarian Cancer Prevention Strategies
Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2017Ovarian cancer remains to be the most lethal of all gynecologic malignancies. There is no effective screening test proven to reduce the mortality associated with this disease. Costs of treating ovarian cancer are substantial and among the highest of all cancer types.
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Can we prevent ovarian cancer?
Ceska gynekologie, 2020An ovarian cancer prevention program must encourage the application of factors associated with decreased risk that include both surgical and non-surgical approaches. Non-surgical preventive approaches include oral contraceptives, parity, multiparity and breastfeeding.
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