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Women's awareness of ovarian cancer risks and symptoms.
The American journal of nursing - 1 Sept 2009
Lockwood-Rayermann Suzy, Donovan Heidi S, Rambo David, Kuo Chien-Wen J
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BACKGROUND: The vast majority of cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed at stage III or IV, and five-year survival rates after diagnosis at these stages are 71% and 31%, respectively. Although a consensus among researchers on the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer has evolved over time, whether women themselves know them isn't clear. OBJECTIVE: To assess how well informed women ages 40 and older are of ovarian...
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