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The risk of breast and ovarian cancer varies with the type and location of BRCA1/2 mutations

Breast, Ovarian CA Risk Varies With BRCA Mutation Location

Nonsense-mediated decay mutations linked to differential breast or ovarian cancer risk
Recommendations for prevention of ovarian cancer include oral contraceptive use and tubal sterilization

Recommendations Issued for Prevention of Ovarian Cancer

Oral contraceptive use, tubal sterilization, and genetic testing and counseling recommended
An experimental vaccine and a drug already on the market each may help slow down advanced ovarian cancer

SGO: Promising Research in Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Experimental vaccine and cancer drug each slow disease progression, researchers find
Intraperitoneal chemotherapy offers lasting benefit for patients with advanced ovarian cancer

Intraperitoneal Chemo Offers Lasting Benefit in Ovarian Cancer

Risk of death decreases by 12 percent for every IP chemotherapy cycle completed
Women who use hormone therapy after menopause -- even for just a few years -- may have an increased risk of ovarian cancer

HRT Use, Even Short Term, Tied to Higher Risk of Ovarian CA

Overall increase is small, though, adding one cancer per 1,000 women treated
For children and adolescents with an adnexal mass

One-Quarter of Adnexal Masses in Youth Are Malignant

Presence of gynecologic surgeon lowers odds of oophorectomy in benign masses