Mayo Clinic Minute: Ovarian Cancer Genes
May 10, 2016
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year. Most cases happen spontaneously, but a small percentage of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer have a genetic mutation that increases their risk of the disease.
In this Mayo Clinic Minute, reporter Vivien Williams talks to Dr. Myra Wick about genetics and ovarian cancer.
Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1:10) is in the downloads. Read the script.