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Ovarian Cancer Learning Center

Ovarian cancer is cancer that starts in the ovaries. The ovaries are the female reproductive organs that produce eggs.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 5, 2009
Ovarian cancer is cancer of the ovaries, the egg-releasing and hormone-producing organs of the female reproductive tract. Cancerous, or malignant, cells divide and multiply in an abnormal fashion.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Ovarian cancer is cancer of the ovaries, the eggreleasing and hormone-producing organs of the female reproductive tract. Cancerous, or malignant, cells divide and multiply in an abnormal fashion.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Ovarian cancer is a disease in which the cells in the ovaries become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. Ninety percent of all ovarian cancers develop in the cells that line the surface of the ovaries and are called "epithel...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Ovarian cancer is a disease in which the cells in the ovaries become abnormal, start to grow uncontrollably, and form tumors. Ninety percent of all ovarian cancers A close-up of a cancerous growth on the ovary. ( Illustration by GGS Information Se...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Ovarian cancer affects 12 out of every 1,000 women in the United States over the age of forty, and only two or three of these women will ultimately be cured of their disease. The average age of onset is sixty-four. Approximately 25,500 new cases a...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Ovarian cancer is a disease in which the cells in the ovaries become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. Ninety percent of all ovarian cancers develop in the cells that line the surface of the ovaries and are called "epithel...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
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