We usually think of breast cancer as being a "woman's disease," yet 1 percent of individuals diagnosed each year are men.
More and more women with breast cancer are surviving the disease. But more and more of these women are not regaining their quality of life.
Women who have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, or who've had breast cancer, carry an increased risk for ovarian cancer.
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