ovarian cancer
female reproductive organ cancer that is located in the ovary
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Summary
ovarian cancer is a class of disease[1]. It draws 9,344 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #230 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: female reproductive organ cancer[3], ovarian neoplasm[4], ovarian disease[5], endocrine gland cancer[6], rare genetic endocrine disease[7], inherited gynecological tumor[8]
- Commons category: Ovarian cancer[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ovarian cancer[10]
- Anatomical location: ovary[11]
- Prevalence: 0.0003[12]
- Facet of: women's health[13]
- ICD-9-CM: 183.0[14]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C7431[15]
- Health specialty: oncology[16]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: uracil mustard[17], carboplatin[18], paclitaxel[19], vinorelbine[20], docetaxel[21], altretamine[22], topotecan[23], cisplatin[24], (RS)-cyclophosphamide[25], chlorambucil[26], melphalan[27], leuprolide[28], doxorubicin[29], ifosfamide[30]
- Genetic association: BRIP1[31], ANKLE1[32], SKAP1[33], MUTYH[34], RAD51C[35], RAD51D[36], OPCML[37], AKT1[38], BMP15[39], FOXL2[40], CDH1[41], CTNNB1[42], ERBB2[43], INHBA[44]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2394[45], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2394[46]
Why It Matters
ovarian cancer has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]