Prorok PC
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· 3 papers in corpus
BackgroundThe Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial originally reported no mortality benefit of ovarian cancer screening after a median of 12.4years of follow-up. The UKCTOCS screening trial failed to show a s…
ObjectiveTo determine whether CA-125 velocity is a statistically significant predictor of ovarian cancer and develop a classification rule to screen for ovarian cancer.MethodsIn the ovarian component of the PLCO cancer screening trial, 28,0…
BACKGROUND. Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer-related death in American women. The median age at diagnosis is about 62 years; incidence rises rapidly after age 60. Pelvic examination has been the primary method for det…