Different Types Of Ovarian Cancer Have Different Causes

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.....Professor Charlie Swanton, Chair of the 2015 NCRI Cancer Conference, said, "We've known for some time that the number of children a woman has, and her use of contraception, can influence her risk of ovarian cancer, so this research provides important further detail about different types of the disease.
"Ovarian cancer - like many other cancers - is not one disease, but different diseases that are grouped together because of where they start. It's important to know what affects the risk of different types of ovarian cancer and what factors impact this. We now need to understand the mechanisms behind these findings to develop some way to extend this lower risk to all women, regardless of how many children they have."