Journal of hospital Pula, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2006.
Review article
OVARIAL AND EXTRAOVARIAL CARCINOMA (diagnosis and treatment)
Dragan Belci
Loredana Peteh-Labinac
Dragan Trivanović
Abstract
Ovarian cancer is one of the most malignant tumors in women, and its mortality rate is higher than in all other gynecological malignancies, both in our country and throughout the world. Ovarian cancer is one of the five most recurrent cancers in women in developed countries. The highest rate in Europe is found in the northern European countries and the lowest in the countries of East and South Europe. According to data from the year 1995, Lithuania had the highest ovarian cancer rate in Europe (23/100.000 women), and Macedonia the lowest (7,8/100.000 women). The mean rate for entire Europe was 13,4/100.000. The ovarian cancer rates vary significantly from country to country, and they reflect trends in fertility and the use of oral contraceptives.
Keywords
Ovarial carcinoma; clinical trials
Hrčak ID:
7641
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2006.
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