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Factors influencing uptake and timing of risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in women at risk of familial ovarian cancer: a competing risk time to event analysis.
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 1 Apr 2012
Manchanda R, Burnell M, Abdelraheim A, Johnson M, Sharma A, Benjamin E, Brunell C, Saridogan E, Gessler S, Oram D, Side L, Rosenthal A N, Jacobs I, Menon U
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate factors affecting uptake of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) over time in women at high-risk of familial ovarian cancer. DESIGN: Prospective observational cohort. SETTING: Tertiary high-risk familial gynaecological cancer clinic. POPULATION/SAMPLE: New clinic attendees between March 2004 and November 2009, fulfilling the high-risk criteria for the UK Familial Ovarian Cancer...
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