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OVARIAN CANCER
Ovarian cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the ovaries.
It is the 7th most common cancer in women (excluding skin cancer) and the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer in developed countries.
The 3 histologic types of ovarian cancer are epithelial (primarily seen in women >50 years of age), germ cell (most commonly seen in women <20 years of age) and sex cord stromal (rare and produces steroid hormones).
The median age at the time of diagnosis is 63 years old and >70% present with advanced disease.

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    Indication: Metastatic breast cancer. Advanced ovarian cancer in women who have failed a 1st-line platinum-based chemother...

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    trabectedin

    Indication: Advanced soft tissue sarcoma after failure of anthracyclines & ifosfamide. Relapsed platinum-sensitive ova...

    Indication: Regression in neoplastic conditions eg, acute leukaemia, Wilms' tumour, neuroblastoma, soft tissue & bone ...

    Indication: Tab: Multiple myeloma, advanced ovarian adenocarcinoma, breast carcinoma, polycythaemia rubra vera. Inj: Local...

    Indication: Primary treatment of ovarian cancer in combination w/ a platinum agent. Metastatic ovarian or breast cancer, a...

    Indication: In combination w/ fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy for metastatic colon or rectum carcinoma. In combination...

    Indication: In combination w/ 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) & folinic acid for advanced colorectal cancer in patients w/o prio...

    Indication: Advanced stage ovarian cancer of epithelial origin.

    Indication: Advanced ovarian carcinoma of epithelial origin.

    Indication: Monotherapy or in combination w/ other chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of metastatic non-seminomatous...

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