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SUBMITTER: Loughran EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6317723 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loughran Elizabeth A EA Phan Ryan C RC Leonard Annemarie K AK Tarwater Laura L Asem Marwa M Liu Yueying Y Yang Jing J Klymenko Yuliya Y Johnson Jeff J Shi Zonggao Z Hilliard Tyvette S TS Blumenthaler Marielle M Leevy Matthew M Ravosa Matthew J MJ Stack M Sharon MS
Cancer letters 20170928
Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths in U.S. women and the deadliest gynecologic malignancy. This lethality is largely due to the fact that most cases are diagnosed at metastatic stages of the disease when the prognosis is poor. Epidemiologic studies consistently demonstrate that parous women have a reduced risk of developing ovarian cancer, with a greater number of births affording greater protection; however little is known about the impact of parity on ovarian cancer met ...[more]