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Ovarian Cancer DictionaryA-E | F-J | K-O | P-S | T-Zserous tumors: Forty percent of epithelial tumors are serous growths. Serous cells produce a thin, watery fluid. Serous growths may be benign (serous cystadenoma), or malignant (serous cystadenocarcinoma). Fifty percent of such growths are malignant. stromal sex-cord tumors: Stromal sex-cord tumors are rare malignancies that generally appear before the age of fifty. Such growths tend to produce virilism: the development of male secondary sex characteristics. Symptoms may include: infrequent menstruation, postmenopausal periods, facial hair, a hoarse voice. systemic chemotherapy: When chemotherapy is taken by mouth or injected into a vein, the drugs enter the bloodstream and destroy or control cancer throughout the body.
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