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Can more childbirths cause a woman to have a higher chance of ovarian cancer?
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No: Childbirth does not cause cancer. Actually women who have had full-term pregnancies are statistically at a lower risk for ovarian cancer than women with no kids.
Answered 4/15/2013
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