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Oral Contraceptives Cut Ovarian Cancer Risk
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 According to the American Cancer Society, ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer in women, skin cancer excluded. It's the fifth-leading cause of cancer death in women. An estimated 22,430 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed in the United States each year, and about 15,280 women die from the disease. Two-thirds of women with ovarian cancer are 55 or older.
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To learn more about ovarian cancer, visit the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
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Last updated 1/25/2008
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SOURCES: Valerie Beral, M.D., Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
University, Oxford, England; Eduardo Franco, M.D., professor, epidemiology and oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Jan. 26, 2008, The Lancet
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