Endometriosis and ovarian cancer: Potential benefits and harms of screening and risk-reducing surgery

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 813-830

  Guo, Sun Wei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Association; endometriosis; epidemiology; molecular; ovarian cancer; screening

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; MASS SCREENING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84942577588     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.08.006     Document Type: Review

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