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Risk factors in stage III epithelial ovarian cancer: previous sterilisation is an adverse independent prognostic indicator.
European journal of gynaecological oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Naik R, Nordin A, Cross P A, Hemming D, de Barros Lopes A, Monaghan J M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether past history of pelvic surgery is of prognostic significance in stage III epithelial ovarian cancer. METHODS: A retrospective review of 140 women with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer. RESULTS: Sixteen women had previously undergone pelvic surgery including eight sterilisations (6%), seven hysterectomies (5%) and one ovarian cystectomy (0.7%). Women with a past history of...
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