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Quality-of-life effects of prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy versus gynecologic screening among women at increased risk of hereditary ovarian cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Oct 2005
Madalinska Joanna B, Hollenstein Judith, Bleiker Eveline, van Beurden Marc, Valdimarsdottir Heiddis B, Massuger Leon F, Gaarenstroom Katja N, Mourits Marian J E, Verheijen René H M, van Dorst Eleonora B L, van der Putten Hans, van der Velden Ko, Boonstra Henk, Aaronson Neil K
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PURPOSE: Recommendations for women at high risk of ovarian cancer include periodic gynecologic screening (GS) and prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (PBSO). The aim of the current study was to determine the quality-of-life (QOL) effects of PBSO versus GS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Questionnaire data were obtained from 846 high-risk women who had participated in this nationwide, cross-sectional,...
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