Changing Trends in the Incidence of Ovarian Neoplasia and Its Relationship with the Risk Factors: A Report of 311 Cases from North-Eastern Anatolia Region | Zendy

Elif Demirci | Zendy; Ferah Tuncel | Zendy; Muhammet Çalık | Zendy; Eren Altun | Zendy; Sare Şipal | Zendy; Bünyamin Börekçi | Zendy

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Changing Trends in the Incidence of Ovarian Neoplasia and Its Relationship with the Risk Factors: A Report of 311 Cases from North-Eastern Anatolia Region

Author(s) -

Elif Demirci,

Ferah Tuncel,

Muhammet Çalık,

Eren Altun,

Sare Şipal,

Bünyamin Börekçi

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

eurasian journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 1308-8742

pISSN - 1308-8734

DOI - 10.5152/eajm.2014.40

Subject(s) - medicine , serous fluid , ovarian cancer , population , gynecology , mucinous cystadenoma , menarche , ovarian tumor , epidemiology , malignancy , incidence (geometry) , cancer , oncology , ovary , pathology , physics , environmental health , optics

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common and lethal gynecologic malignancy. In Turkey, the 8(th) most commonly seen neoplasm is ovarian cancer. The risk factors of ovarian cancer are menstrual reproductive events including gravida, menarche and menopause status, and life style habits such as cigarette smoking and habitat. In this study we aimed to determine the risk factors leading to ovarian cancer in Turkish women population and show the tumor markers in this population.

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