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Results from an ultrasound-based familial ovarian cancer screening clinic: a 10-year observational study.
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology - 1 Apr 2003
Tailor A, Bourne T H, Campbell S, Okokon E, Dew T, Collins W P
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the use of transvaginal sonography as a screening test for familial ovarian cancer and, secondarily, to determine the value of a family history of malignant disease and the potential role of serum CA 125 levels in the screening procedure. METHODS: Two thousand five hundred self-referred women were studied at the Ovarian Screening Clinic at King's College Hospital, London. These symptom-free...
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