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Ovarian Cancer: Reduce Your Risk Through Prevention

Primary prevention is your best best today for reducing the risk of ovarian cancer. Find out what this means and what you can actively do. Also learn about exciting developments in secondary prevention technologies which may bring effective screening to you soon.
Ovarian Cancer Prevention: What Works
Ovarian cancer prevention strategies include diet modifications, taking medications like oral contraceptives and fenretinide, or surgery.
Ovarian Cancer: Epigenetic Prevention Through Nutrition
Ovarian cancer incidence is higher with high fat Western diets and lower in others. Why is this the case? It may be due to something called your epigenome being influenced by what you eat. Learn more.
Ovarian Cancer: Olive Oil as a Preventative
Olive oil, part of the Mediterranean diet, may have a role in preventing cancer, including ovarian cancer.
Ovarian Cancer: Prevention and Screening with CA-125
Ovarian cancer prevention through screening is a bit of a misnomer. Unlike Pap smears, which can detect cervical pre-cancer, nothing like this exists for ovarian cancer. There have been passionate pleas and much misinformation regarding early diagnosis of ovarian cancer using CA-125 screening. Discover why in this informative review.
Ovarian Cancer: Prevention by Kicking the Smoking Habit
Most ovarian cancer is sporadic, which means what you take into your body may influence your risk of developing cancer or other diseases. So here's a tip. Quite smoking and reduce your chances of cancer, cancer recurrence or other life-threatening conditions.

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