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Carcinogenic Potential of Ovulatory Genotoxicity1
16 Jun 2005
Abstract excerpt
Ovulation is a rate-limiting event for the perpetuation of a species; unfortunately, it imparts a cancer risk. Reactive oxidants generated during the mechanics of ovulatory follicular rupture damage the DNA of ovarian surface epithelial cells that are located within a limited diffusion radius. Those cells that survive the trauma of ovulation, along the margins of a ruptured follicle, proliferate and migrate to...
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