Ovarian cancer screening in the general population

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-64

  Menon, Usha ^a   Jacobs, Ian J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MORBIDITY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0034927897     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200102000-00009     Document Type: Review

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