In a study of Ashkenazi Jewish women with ovarian cancer, those with BRCA1/2 mutations had better long-term survival than women without the mutations, according to a report in the January 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Reuters Health Information
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Despite agreement with their sexual partners about not wanting to become pregnant, half of women seeking a first abortion had not been using any type of contraception. Reuters Health Information
Data from the Netherlands Cancer Registry indicate that treatment of early-stage ovarian cancer patients in specialized hospitals results in longer survival than treatment in general hospitals. Reuters Health Information
Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy does not increase the frequency of offspring with deleterious mutations in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene (MTHFR), which metabolizes folate. Reuters Health Information
Offspring of women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES) appear to have an increased risk of ovarian cancer, researchers report in the March issue of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
