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Early Menstruation Lowers Odds of Surviving Ovarian Cancer
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 Nor is the research definitive enough to suggest that women should go out and start taking contraceptive pills or having babies earlier to increase their chances of surviving ovarian cancer.
"The paper may suggest other avenues of research into what is it about the hormonal profile of women that could affect the biology of their ovarian cancer," Daly said. "As of right now, it doesn't translate into something you could clinically do differently."
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The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more on ovarian cancer.
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Last updated 7/9/2009
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SOURCES: Cheryl L. Robbins, Ph.D., epidemiologist, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Mary B. Daly, M.D., Ph.D., director, Personalized Cancer Risk Assessment Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia; July 2009 Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
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