Risk-reducing salpingectomy as a new and safe strategy to prevent ovarian cancer

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 395-396

  Morelli, Michele ^a   Venturella, Roberta ^a   Zullo, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; MYOMECTOMY; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; OVARY FUNCTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SALPINGECTOMY; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TUBE REMOVAL; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884674633     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.05.015     Document Type: Letter

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