Open AccessEarly symptoms of ovarian cancer: a case–control study without recall bias
Author(s) -
Gary Friedman,
Jeffrey S. Skilling,
Natalia Udaltsova,
Lloyd H. Smith
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1460-2229
pISSN - 0263-2136
DOI - 10.1093/fampra/cmi044
Subject(s) - medicine , bloating , recall bias , ovarian cancer , medical record , abdominal pain , recall , disease , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , case control study , gynecology , obstetrics , pathology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed after it has spread and is difficult to cure. Previous attempts to identify early symptoms have either lacked a control group or have been based on interviews of cases, with possible recall bias.
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