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ShareOvarian cancer is a malignant ovarian neoplasm (an abnormal growth located on the ovaries).
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Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women, the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies and the second most commonly diagnosed gynecologic malignancy.
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