Commentary: Diagnosing ovarian cancer - More problems than answers

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7721, 2009, Pages 617-

  Fox, Robin ^a  

^a Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; BLEEDING; BLOATING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY FREQUENCY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; OVARY TUMOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349142697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3233     Document Type: Note

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