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Article: Ovarian Cancer; Diagnosis.
- Article from:
- NWHRC Health Center - Ovarian Cancer
- Article date:
- March 16, 2005
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Who gets ovarian cancer? A woman can inherit an increased risk for this disease, particularly if a "first degree" relative (a mother, sister or daughter) has or had ovarian, breast or colon cancer. In fact, if she has a strong family history of ovarian cancer, she is more likely to develop the disease at an early age (younger than 50). Other risk factors include:
* Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish ethnicity, if the condition has already affected one or more family members
* a defect in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes can also increase a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer by a small percentage (read more about genetic susceptibility at the end of this ...
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