Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer. Is It Possible?
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Ovarian Cancer (OC) is the most lethal gynecologic tumor, notorious for being diagnosed in late stages. Approximately 15000 women in the USA and over 160000 women worldwide die every year of OC. In the USA about 22000 new cases were diagnosed in 2012. Morbidity and mortality due to OC have changed very little over the past 5 decades, despite extensive research efforts, identification of risk factors, chemotherapy and cytoreductive surgery. This is in contrast with other gynecologic malignant tumors which underwent spectacular decline in their mortality rates, such as cervical cancer due to the successful identification of precursor lesions and etiopathogenic infectious (HPV) mechanisms. OC results in more deaths than all the other gynecologic cancers combined
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