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Ovarian Cancers in Pregnancy

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Pregnancy and its associated hormonal changes are inversely related to the risk of developing ovarian adenocarcinoma. Ovarian cancer is, however, the second most frequent gynecologic cancer in pregnancy. The incidence of ovarian masses in pregnancy is between 1% and 4% (Goff et al. 2000; Bernhard et al. 1999; Marino and Craigo 2000).

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Sessa, C., Maur, M. (2008). Ovarian Cancers in Pregnancy. In: Cancer and Pregnancy. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71274-9_8

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