Incidence of ovarian cancer after hysterectomy: A nationwide controlled follow up

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1296-1301

  Loft, Anne ^a   Lidegaard, Øjvind ^b   Tabor, Ann ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030706203     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10978.x     Document Type: Article

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