Genetic aspects of ovarian cancer.

doi:10.1097/00001703-199402000-00017

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Genetic aspects of ovarian cancer.

Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology - 1 Feb 1994

Karlan B Y, Krakow D

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Ovarian cancer continues to be the foremost cause of mortality because of gynecologic malignancies. Surgical and chemotherapeutic advances have been made, yet the cause of ovarian oncogenesis is poorly understood. Recognition of the familial clustering has focused investigators in the direction o...

Topics

Cluster Analysis
Cytogenetics
Female
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
Genetic Counseling
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Models, Genetic
Oncogenes
Ovarian Neoplasms
Pedigree
Phenotype

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