Journal article
Familial ovarian cancer.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assist family physicians in evaluating patients' risk for hereditary ovarian cancer and to review strategies for preventing ovarian cancer.
QUALITY OF EVIDENCE: The MEDLINE, EMBASE, CANCERLIT, and CINAHL databases were searched from 1970 to 1999 using key words related to hereditary ovarian cancer, screening, oral contraceptives, prophylactic oophorectomy, cancer worriers, satisfaction, and perceived risk. Recommendations in this …
Authors
Elit L
Journal
Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 47, , pp. 778–784
Publication Date
April 2001
ISSN
0008-350X