Women with irregular menstrual cycles may have more than double the risk of ovarian cancer compared to women who have regular periods. [s]Health24[/s] reports that this finding suggests that women with irregular periods – including those with a condition called polycystic ovarian syndrome – might benefit from early screening for ovarian cancer, lead author, Dr Barbara Cohn of the [b]Public Health Institute[/b] in Berkeley, California, said. However, the study design wasn’t able to show that irregular periods caused ovarian cancer or an increased risk, only that there was an association between the two. The study included more than 14,000 women.
[link url=http://www.health24.com/Medical/Cancer/News/Irregular-periods-may-increase-ovarian-cancer-risk-20140410]Full Health24 report[/link]
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