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Risk of ovarian cancer in women with symptoms in primary care: population based case-control study
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OBJECTIVE: To identify and quantify symptoms of ovarian cancer in women in primary care. DESIGN: Case-control study, with coding of participants' primary care records for one year before diagnosis. SETTING: 39 general practices in Devon, England. PARTICIPANTS: 212 women aged over 40 with a diagnosis of primary ovarian cancer, 2000-7; 1060 controls matched by age and general practice. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Odds ratios and positive predictive values for symptoms from conditional logistic regre...
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- Journal:
- BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Volume:
- 339
- Publication date:
- 2009-08-25
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1468-5833
- ISSN:
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0959-8146
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252011
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pubs:252011
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2009
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