Ovarian cancer in the young.
An epidemiological study of ovarian cancer in the young under 20 years old in Israel during the years 1972-1976 are presented. During these 5 years 22 new cases were reported. Germ cell tumors accounted for 63.6% and the epithelial tumor for 23%. The incidence of this group was 2.2% of the incidence of all ovarian maligancies. The five years survival was 54.5%. The less malignant tumor was dysgerminoma. There was no difference of the incidence between the various ethnic groups in this population.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000453:epidemiology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis