Prophylactic Bilateral Oophorectomy at Time of Hysterectomy for Women at Low Risk: Acog Revises Practice Guidelines for Ovarian Cancer Screening in Low-Risk Womena

C.A. Larson

doi:10.3747/co.21.1721

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1 February 2014

Prophylactic Bilateral Oophorectomy at Time of Hysterectomy for Women at Low Risk: Acog Revises Practice Guidelines for Ovarian Cancer Screening in Low-Risk Womena

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.

Curr. Oncol.2014, 21(1), 9-12;https://doi.org/10.3747/co.21.1721

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