Sentences with phrase «causes ovarian cancer risk»

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Constant ovulation is not normal nor healthy for their bodies and increases their risk for ovarian cancer, uterine prolapse and other reproductive diseases causing early death (which is why they are sent to slaughter for cheap meat in the egg industry).

The research reveals that women who consume foods containing flavonols and flavanones (both subclasses of dietary flavonoids) significantly decrease their risk of developing epithelial ovarian cancer, the fifth - leading cause of cancer death among women.

The two genes were previously known to cause Lynch syndrome, an inherited condition that raises the risk of colorectal, ovarian, stomach, and endometrial cancer.

Rogan, Canada Research Chair in Genome Bioinformatics, says that 16 to 20 per cent of women in southwestern Ontario, who have their BRCA genes tested for breast and / or ovarian cancer risk, carry disease - causing gene variants that are well - understood by clinicians and genetic counselors.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

For girls, exposure to excess estrogen can cause early puberty and menstruation, a known risk factor for breast and ovarian cancer later in life.

According to Cancer Research UK, «the evidence that HRT can cause some types of cancer (breast, womb and ovarian) is strong... but it's important to remember that the increased cancer risk with HRT is small compared to many other risk factors, like smoking or being overweight, as shown Cancer Research UK, «the evidence that HRT can cause some types of cancer (breast, womb and ovarian) is strong... but it's important to remember that the increased cancer risk with HRT is small compared to many other risk factors, like smoking or being overweight, as shown cancer (breast, womb and ovarian) is strong... but it's important to remember that the increased cancer risk with HRT is small compared to many other risk factors, like smoking or being overweight, as shown cancer risk with HRT is small compared to many other risk factors, like smoking or being overweight, as shown below.

Fertility treatments cause anovulatory women to ovulate, therefore reducing their ovarian cancer risk.

Many women are aware that these gene mutations can cause breast cancer, but they raise ovarian cancer risk as well.

«This study confirms that long - term use [of the pill] causes a profound reduction in the risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers,» said Dr. Stephen Rubin, chief of gynecologic oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.

While the causes are unclear, those at increased risk are over age 55; those with a close relative (mother, daughter or sister) with ovarian cancer; and women with a family history of breast, uterine or colon cancers, according to the Valley Health System in Ridgewood, N.J.