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Development of an ovarian cancer screening decision model that incorporates disease heterogeneity: implications for potential mortality reduction.
Cancer - 1 Feb 2011
Havrilesky Laura J, Sanders Gillian D, Kulasingam Shalini, Chino Junzo P, Berchuck Andrew, Marks Jeffrey R, Myers Evan R
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BACKGROUND: Pathologic and genetic data suggest that epithelial ovarian cancer may consist of indolent and aggressive phenotypes. The objective of the current study was to estimate the impact of a 2-phenotype paradigm of epithelial ovarian cancer on the mortality reduction achievable using available screening technologies. METHODS: The authors modified a Markov model of ovarian cancer natural history (the...
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