Average length of a hockey stick â If you are playing hockey for the first time a good starting point for the length of your stick is between the chin, and nose.
Some things that lower a woman's risk for ovarian cancer include: 1  Taking birth control pills (oral contraceptives). But this may slightly increase the risk for breast cancer and other health problems. 2  Having babies and breast-feeding. 3  Having both tubes tied (tubal ligation) or having a hysterectomy.
Carriers of BRCA1 had a cumulative risk for ovarian cancer of 0.27 by age 60 and 0.53 by age 80. Carriers of BRCA2 had a cumulative risk for ovarian cancer of 0.07 by age 60 and 0.62 by age 80. The authors write, In this study, 51% (85 of 167) families harboring BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations had little or no history of relevant cancer.