Oral Contraceptives Decrease the Prevalence of Ovarian Cancer
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ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES DECREASE THE PREVALENCE OF OVARIAN CANCER IN 1 THE HEN 2 3 4 5 Lindsey S. Treviño, Elizabeth L. Buckles, Patricia A. Johnson 6 7 Author affiliations: Department of Animal Science, Cornell University; Department of 8 Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University; Current affiliation: Department of Molecular and 9 Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine 10 11 12 13 Running title: Oral contraceptives and ovarian cancer in the hen 14 15
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Oral contraceptives decrease the prevalence of ovarian cancer in the hen.
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