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Inherited risk of ovarian cancer and the implications for screening.
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society - 1 May 2012
Gayther Simon A
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial ovarian cancer is a disease normally diagnosed at late stages, when survival rates are particularly poor. Diagnostic screening strategies are currently ineffective at detecting diseases at the earliest most treatable stages. This is confounded by the relative rarity of the disease. Stratifying the population according to genetic, lifestyle, and/or epidemiological risk factors could improve early-stage...
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