Study Finds DNA Links to Ovarian Cancer

Researchers say they have found 5 areas of DNA that are linked to ovarian cancer risk. The study included 10,200 women with ovarian cancer. Their DNA was compared with that of 13,185 women who did not have the disease. Scientists found differences in 5 areas of DNA linked to ovarian cancer risk. Four were more common among women with the fastest-growing form of ovarian cancer. A blood test can show which women have these differences. The increase in risk was small, one researcher told Postmedia News. But the study helps us to know more about this type of cancer, another researcher told HealthDay News. Doctors hope that someday they will be able to predict each woman’s risk based on her DNA. The journal Nature Genetics published the study September 19.