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Familial risk of epithelial ovarian cancer after accounting for gynaecological surgery: a population-based study.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2023
Barnard Mollie E, Meeks Huong, Jarboe Elke A, Albro James, Camp Nicola J, Doherty Jennifer A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Uptake of risk-reducing surgery has increased among women at high risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. We sought to characterise familial risk of epithelial ovarian cancer histotypes in a population-based study after accounting for gynaecological surgeries, including bilateral oophorectomy. METHODS: We compared risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in relatives of 3536 epithelial ovarian cancer cases...
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