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.
Ovarian cancer cases linked to exposure to tobacco smoke, UK. Ovarian cancer cases linked to the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), UK. 21% of ovarian cancer cases each year in the UK are linked to major lifestyle and other risk factors.[1] Ovarian cancer risk is associated with a number of risk factors.[2-4]