Familial ovarian screening - Effective or ineffective? [3]

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1124-

  Jacobs, I J ^a   Mackay, J ^a   Menon, U ^a   Skates, S J ^b   Rosenthal, A N ^a   Fraser, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 33750210828     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603407     Document Type: Letter

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