How to Use ovarian in a Sentence

ovarian

adjective
  • Surgery reduces the risk of ovarian cancer by 85% to 95%.
    Mikayla Morell, Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • His wife died of ovarian cancer last year, and his son is in his thirties.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Her husband, Paul Horvitz, said the cause was ovarian cancer.
    New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Her death, in hospice care, was caused by ovarian cancer, said Sherry Long, a close friend.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The five-year survival rate for ovarian cancer is 48%, with 70 being the average age of death from the disease.
    Natalie Walters, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Three years and five months ago, at age 51, I was diagnosed with Stage 3C ovarian cancer.
    Allison Langer, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Jones had a son with wife Cecilia Hart, who died in 2016 from ovarian cancer.
    Mary Green, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2023
  • When Keeney told the team about his mom's ovarian cancer diagnosis, Will reached out to him.
    The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2023
  • In 2011, Miller was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer.
    Emily Adams, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
  • In November, Parker passed away from ovarian cancer at the age of fifty-five.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2022
  • One of the first to receive the ovarian cancer vaccine in a safety study 11 years ago was Jamie Crase of nearby Mercer Island.
    Carla K. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2023
  • Cain died from ovarian cancer on Valentine’s Day in 2021.
    Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In 2020, his cousin Colleen Greller and his best friend’s wife, Jen Valkenburg, were both diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 19 July 2021
  • At this time last year, the 50-year-old mother of three daughters was diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2022
  • For instance, eating a lot of fruits and vegetables can help reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women, and results in more death than breast and ovarian cancer combined.
    Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Ovarian Cancer More rarely, pain in the left lower quadrant pain is a sign of an ovarian tumor.
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 15 June 2023
  • Thousands of lawsuits have alleged that the use of baby powder led to ovarian cancer.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 27 July 2021
  • His sister has had ovarian cancer twice, went through multiple rounds of IVF in order to have a baby, and is perimenopausal at the age of 33.
    Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 20 May 2021
  • But there are risk factors-meaning things that can increase your chance of getting a disease-linked to ovarian cancer.
    Korin Miller, Health.com, 15 June 2021
  • What if someone is found to carry a liquid marker for ovarian cancer, say, but the cancer never takes root in her body?
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But scans revealed that what had been growing inside her was ovarian cancer.
    Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
  • As an avid sports fan, I was deeply saddened to read the news of tennis star Chris Evert’s early-stage ovarian cancer diagnosis.
    Paul Hudson, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Among women, the most common forms of cancer are breast cancer, cervix cancer, and ovarian cancer.
    Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The first was my mami, Maria de la Luz Arellano Miranda, who died all too young at 67, stricken with ovarian cancer.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • According to the Cleveland Clinic, the prevalence of ovarian cysts in the U.S. varies, but around 5 to 10% of people undergo surgery for ovarian cysts.
    Serena Coady, SELF, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The role of secondary surgery in recurrent ovarian cancer.
    The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Maria de la Luz Arellano passed away at age 67 from ovarian cancer 10 days after my story was published.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The cause was complications of ovarian cancer, said her husband, Neil Bell.
    Daniel E. Slotnik, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • Related: Could Pap smears one day help detect breast and ovarian cancers?
    Zeina Mohammed — Boston Globe, STAT, 23 Feb. 2023

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