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Familial ovarian cancer: a study of 11 families
C Villani1, C Ficorella, S Tomao
1Gynec. Oncol. Service, State University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
In a group of 152 ovarian cancer patients, 11 cases with familial recurrence were investigated (7.23%). Of the families evaluated we found 26 patients with ovarian cancer and twenty two with different cancers in other sites. In ovarian cancer the familial aspect, despite its relatively low frequency, is one of the few factors for identifying "high risk" patients, thus allowing effective secondary prevention.