Definition of ovarian
: of, relating to, or involving an ovary
- ovarian cancer
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For both ovarian and pancreatic cancer, only 10 cases were detected, while only five people with hepatobiliary cancer were identified.
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The ten other cancers cited are: endometrial; gallbladder; kidney; liver; mouth, pharynx and larynx; oesophageal; ovarian; pancreatic; prostrate; stomach.
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Here, from the American Cancer Society, are five-year survival statistics for various cancers: cervical, 69%; leukemia, 63%; ovarian, 46%; brain and nervous system, 35%; lung, 19%; liver, 18%; pancreatic, 9%.
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Two people with a false positive later turned out to have ovarian and endometrial cancer, suggesting the false positive rate could be even lower, Aravanis says.
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But as Bustle notes, the cancer section of that website doesn’t actually have a breakout for breast cancer—only for uterine, ovarian, and cervical cancers.
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For some types of cancer—like kidney, ovarian and endometrial cancer—the findings have been mixed.
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The longer a woman used the pill, the stronger the protection against ovarian and endometrial cancers.
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Johnson & Johnson should ready itself for a flood of new lawsuits after a jury Thursday ordered the company to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its talc products, legal experts said.
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