Early symptoms of ovarian cancer: A case-control study without recall bias

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 548-553

  Friedman, Gary D ^a   Skilling, Jeffrey S ^b   Udaltsova, Natalia V ^a   Smith, Lloyd H ^c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Early detection; Ovarian neoplasms; Screening; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OVARY CANCER; PELVIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBESITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 26444497153     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi044     Document Type: Article

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