ovarian cancer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofovarianandcancer
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ovarian
adjective
uk/əʊˈveə.ri.ən/us/oʊˈver.i.ən/
of or relating to the ovaries or ...
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cancer
noun
uk/ˈkæn.sər/us/ˈkæn.sɚ/
a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often ...
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(Definition ofovarianandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Herovariancancerrecurred and spread quickly.
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Quality of life onovariancancerpatients receiving chemotherapy.
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Ovariancanceris usually detected at a late stage.
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The cumulative risk ofovariancancerin these patients was 44% by age 70 years.
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The risk ofovariancancerincreased with later age of first childbirth.
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Exposure to fertility drugs was not significantly associated withovariancancer(invasive and borderline combined).
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Efforts were made to take all consecutive patients who had surgery for suspectedovariancancer.
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For example, a 79-year-old widow was receiving chemotherapy for metastaticovariancancer.
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We attempted to recruit all women scheduled for gynecological surgery to rule outovariancancer.
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The literature shows that advancedovariancanceroften responds favorably to chemotherapy.
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No significant association was found withovariancancerfor any particular fertility drug type.
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Three case-control studies have examined previous fertility drug treatment in women with invasiveovariancancer.
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Psychosocial management of patients with recurrentovariancancer: treating the whole patient to improve quality of life.
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Therefore, new technologies for the early detection of, and new preventive therapies for, breast andovariancancerare needed.
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Among the surveillance group of 72 patients, 8 patients developed breast cancer, 4ovariancancer; and 1 peritoneal cancer.
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Women who had been treated with fertility drugs had a similar incidence ofovariancanceras those who were untreated.
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Specific worry about breast cancer predicts mammography use in women at risk for breast andovariancancer.
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Our results indicate that women withovariancancerare at risk for prolonged problems given their prognosis.
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Malignant tumours within this group (ovarian carcinomas) are responsible for most of the morbidity and mortality due toovariancancer.
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Early diagnosis ofovariancanceroffers the best prognosis.
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My final comments relate to another woman's cancer:ovariancancer.
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Women who have undergone surgery forovariancancerhave such a multitude of physical needs that their psychological needs may be neglected.
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