Classification of benign masses of ovary. 5

Classification of benign masses of ovary. 5

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Ovarian cancers are the 7th most common cancers in women. It is found more commonly in elderly age group. The survival depends on the stage of diagnosis and many of the patients present in advanced disease when the prognosis becomes dismal. The dilemma is to differentiate them from benign disease so that the unwanted laparotomies could be saved. Bi...

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... benign ovarian masses can be divided into neoplastic and nonneoplastic tumors (Table 1). ...

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