M Robyn Andersen
No ORCID on file
· 3 papers in corpus
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential harms and ovarian cancer outcomes associated with symptom-triggered diagnostic evaluation of all women with symptoms of ovarian cancer. METHODS: Five thousand twelve women older than age 40 years were p…
Several independent studies have shown that ovarian cancer is not a silent disease and that many women have symptoms before diagnosis. These symptoms include abdominal/pelvic pain, feeling full quickly, and bloating. However, little informa…
PURPOSE: Our goal was to determine if symptom-based ovarian cancer screening was feasible in a primary care clinic and acceptable to women and practitioners. In addition, we wanted to describe the outcomes for a pilot group of screened wome…