Symptom triggered screening for ovarian cancer: a pilot study of feasibility and acceptability.


Abstract

While our pilot study is not large enough to assess sensitivity or specificity of a symptom-based screening approach, we did find that this type of screening was feasible and acceptable at the time of a primary care visit and referred approximately 4% of women for additional diagnostic testing. Symptom-based screening also resulted in minimal additional procedures.


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2012-01-23


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Gynecologic oncology
Gynecol Oncol (1095-6859)

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Eng.


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Gynecologic oncology

University of Washington, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seattle, WA 98195-6460, USA. bgoff [at] uw.edu


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Gynecol Oncol. 2012 Feb;124(2):230-5



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