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I have two simple cysts on my ovary. am quite worried. what's the chances they could be cancer?
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Post menopause cysts: The incidence of malignant transformation- tuning into cancer is low . In one study < 1%. Most persisted unchanged or resolved spontaneously. Do not worry. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301211512000346 Another study http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/726319 concluded simple ovarian cysts ... was not linked to a later increased risk for ovarian cancer....
Answered 12/21/2016
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