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Cancer Previvors in an Active Duty Service Women Population: An Opportunity for Prevention and Increased Force Readiness.
Military medicine - 1 Jul 2021
Lovejoy Leann A, Turner Clesson E, Shriver Craig D, Ellsworth Rachel E
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BACKGROUND: The majority of active duty service women (ADS) are young, have access to healthcare, and meet fitness standards set by the U.S. military, suggesting that ADS represent a healthy population at low risk of cancer. Breast cancer is, however, the most common cancer in ADS and may have a significant effect on troop readiness with lengthy absence during treatment and inability to return to duty after the...
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