Should we screen for ovarian cancer?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Wiseman, Pamela M ^a   Puglia, Kathleen ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tulane Law Library   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ANXIETY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0346850036     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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