Correspondence

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1599-1601

  Jordan, Susan J ^a   Coory, Michael D ^b   Webb, Penelope M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; OVARY TUMOR; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77958537478     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq354     Document Type: Letter

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