Ovarian Cancer - References

SYMPTOMS & TREATMENTS

Citations

  1. National Cancer Institute (2008). Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer (PDQ)—Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/breast-and-ovarian/healthprofessional.

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  3. Trimble EL, et al. (2008). Intraperitoneal chemotherapy for women with epithelial ovarian cancer. Oncologist, 13: 403–409.

  4. Parker WH, et al. (2009). Ovarian conservation at the time of hysterectomy and long-term health outcomes in the Nurses’ Health Study. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 113(5): 1027–1037.

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  6. National Cancer Institute (2002). Genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: It's your choice. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/BRCA.

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  10. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2004). Screening for ovarian cancer. Available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/ovariancan/ovcanrs.pdf.

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  12. Brennan K, et al. (2007). Premalignant and malignant disorders of the ovaries and oviducts. In AH DeCherney et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 971–884. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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  14. American Cancer Society (2008). Overview: Ovarian Cancer: What is Ovarian Cancer? Available online: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_What_is_ovarian_cancer_33.asp?sitearea=.

  15. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (2009). Ovarian cancer, including fallopian tube cancer and primary peritoneal cancer. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, version 1. Available online: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/ovarian.pdf.

  16. Beral V, et al. (2007). Ovarian cancer and hormone replacement therapy in the Million Women Study. Lancet, 369(9574): 1703–1710.

  17. Cannistra SA, et al. (2008). Ovarian cancer, fallopian tube carcinoma, and peritoneal carcinoma. In VT DeVita Jr et al., eds., DeVita, Hellman and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1568–1594. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  18. National Cancer Institute (2007). Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer (PDQ)—Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/breast-and-ovarian/healthprofessional.

  19. National Comprehensive Cancer Network and American Cancer Society (2008). Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast and Ovarian, version 1. Available online: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/genetics_screening.pdf.

Other Works Consulted

  • Coleman RL, Gershenson DM (2007). Neoplastic diseases of the ovary. In VL Katz et al., eds., Comprehensive Gynecology, 5th ed., pp. 839–881. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.

  • Kehoe S, Morrison J (2009). Ovarian cancer (advanced), search date September 2007. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

  • National Cancer Institute (2008). Ovarian Epithelial Cancer (PDQ): Treatment—Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/ovarianepithelial/healthprofessional.

  • National Cancer Institute (2010). Ovarian Epithelial Cancer PDQ: Treatment – Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/ovarianepithelial/HealthProfessional.

  • National Cancer Institute (2010). Ovarian Epithelial Cancer PDQ: Treatment – Patient Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/ovarianepithelial/patient.

By: Healthwise StaffLast Revised: October 22, 2009
Medical Review: Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine
Ross Berkowitz, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology

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