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Epithelial ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer in European women. Risk factors include low parity, oral contraceptive use, and hereditary factors like mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Approximately 10% of ovarian cancers are hereditary. Screening methods like ultrasound, CA125, and pelvic exams have not proven effective in detecting early-stage tumors. Women at high risk due to family history can consider prophylactic oophorectomy to reduce risk, though this also reduces protection against b

Author

Wiedya kristianti

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EN