Ovarian Cancer Incidence Corrected for Oophorectomy
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Ovarian Cancer Incidence Corrected for Oophorectomy
Current reported incidence rates for ovarian cancer may significantly underestimate the true rate because of the inclusion of women in the calculations who are not at risk for ovarian cancer due to prior benign salpingo-oophorectomy (SO). We have considered prior SO to more realistically estimate risk for ovarian cancer. Kentucky Health Claims Data, International Classification of Disease 9 (IC...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2075-4418
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics7020019