How to Use ovarian in a Sentence

ovarian

adjective
  • The risk of ovarian cancer jumps from 1% to as high as 44%.
    Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Surgery reduces the risk of ovarian cancer by 85% to 95%.
    Mikayla Morell, Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • His wife died of ovarian cancer last year, and his son is in his thirties.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Both boys and girls teams wore teal shirts to further the awareness of ovarian cancer.
    Randy Sachs, star-telegram, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Then, in 2006, a tragedy: Lori, her cake-baking friend from the wedding, died from ovarian cancer.
    Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Six of the 22 plaintiffs in the latest trial have died from ovarian cancer.
    USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
  • Asbestos was found in the ovarian tissue of several of the women in this case.
    Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 13 July 2018
  • The drug has been on the market since 2014 for ovarian cancer, and is the first in a new class of medicines called PARP inhibitors to be approved for breast cancer.
    Linda A. Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 13 Jan. 2018
  • The plaintiffs' lawyers said asbestos fibers and talc particles were found in the ovarian tissues of many of the women.
    USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
  • Laura Fedele, her wife, said the cause was ovarian cancer.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Adding breast and ovarian cancer to the list would push that number more than $20 million, according to the league.
    Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Her husband, Paul Horvitz, said the cause was ovarian cancer.
    New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The cause was ovarian cancer, the governor said in a statement.
    Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
  • In the annual event aims to change lives and assist survivors of breast and ovarian cancer.
    Laraib Hashmi, Houston Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Her death, in hospice care, was caused by ovarian cancer, said Sherry Long, a close friend.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The five-year survival rate for ovarian cancer is 48%, with 70 being the average age of death from the disease.
    Natalie Walters, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Three years and five months ago, at age 51, I was diagnosed with Stage 3C ovarian cancer.
    Allison Langer, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Eight of the new drugs launched in 2017 were pills, including new drugs to treat breast cancer, lung cancer, some types of leukemia and ovarian cancer.
    NBC News, 24 May 2018
  • Jones had a son with wife Cecilia Hart, who died in 2016 from ovarian cancer.
    Mary Green, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2023
  • When Keeney told the team about his mom's ovarian cancer diagnosis, Will reached out to him.
    The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2023
  • In 2011, Miller was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer.
    Emily Adams, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
  • The 18-year-old passed away on Monday night after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer.
    Julia Poe, SI.com, 26 June 2018
  • The longer a woman used the pill, the stronger the protection against ovarian and endometrial cancers.
    Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • In November, Parker passed away from ovarian cancer at the age of fifty-five.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2022
  • These drugs are already on the market for ovarian cancer.
    Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Kelly hopes her return to the course can help spread awareness about ovarian cancer.
    Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 2 June 2020
  • One of the first to receive the ovarian cancer vaccine in a safety study 11 years ago was Jamie Crase of nearby Mercer Island.
    Carla K. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2023
  • Cain died from ovarian cancer on Valentine’s Day in 2021.
    Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In 2020, his cousin Colleen Greller and his best friend’s wife, Jen Valkenburg, were both diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 19 July 2021
  • This is especially true for ovarian cancer, or any other that can spread into the ovaries (like colorectal cancer, for example).
    Katie Camero, SELF, 26 Nov. 2024

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