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A model for estimating ovarian cancer risk: application for preventive oophorectomy.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Nov 2015
Giannakeas Vasily, Sopik Victoria, Shestopaloff Konstantin, Iqbal Javaid, Rosen Barry, Akbari Mohammad, Narod Steven A
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OBJECTIVE: It is important to identify women in the population who have a high risk of ovarian cancer and who might benefit from prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The probability that a woman will develop ovarian cancer depends on her current age, her reproductive history and her genetic status. METHODS: We simulated the distribution of ovarian cancer risk for the 2011 Ontario female population. We...
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