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A qualitative study of women's experiences of familial ovarian cancer screening.

Psycho-oncology - 1 Nov 2013

Lifford Kate J, Clements Alison, Fraser Lindsay, Lancastle Deborah, Brain Kate

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OBJECTIVE: One risk management strategy that women at increased familial risk of ovarian cancer may use is screening. Until recently, this has been available as part of the UK Familial Ovarian Cancer Screening Study (UKFOCSS), using ultrasound scans of the ovaries and tumour marker blood tests. T...

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PMID: 23801640
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3324

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