Symptoms, diagnoses, and time to key diagnostic procedures among older U.S. women with ovarian cancer

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1053-1061

  Ryerson, A Blythe ^a   Eheman, Christie ^a   Burton, Joseph ^a   McCall, Nancy ^a   Blackman, Don ^a   Subramanian, Sujha ^a   Richardson, Lisa C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; GENITAL PAIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247601646     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000260392.70365.5e     Document Type: Article

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