Ovarian Cancer

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Types
Ovarian cancer is not a single disease. There are actually more than 30 types and subtypes of ovarian malignancies, each with its own histopathologic (diseased tissue) appearance and biologic behavior. Because of this, most experts group ovarian cancers within three major categories, according to the kind of cells from which they were formed:



epithelial tumors arise from cells that line or cover the ovaries;

germ cell tumors originate from cells that are destined to form ...Read the full article