Current knowledge of risks and benefits of prophylactic oophorectomy at hysterectomy for benign disease in United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-79

  Das, Nagindra ^a,b   Kay, Vanessa J ^a   Mahmood, Tahir A ^a  

^a NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current practice in UK and Ireland; Prevention of ovarian cancer; Prophylactic oophorectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IRELAND; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CARCINOMA; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038347320     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00486-4     Document Type: Article

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