Ovarian cancer is the second most common cancer of the female reproductive system and the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies. In 1995,26,600 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the U.S., and 14,500 women will die from the disease. Between 1986-1990, the overall age-adjus
Epidemiological and molecular aspects of ovarian cancer risk
โ Scribed by Ingo B. Runnebaum; Elmar Stickeler
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 127
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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