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Measuring success in ovarian cancer risk reducing strategies
Author(s) -
Goodman Annekathryn
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.25946
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian cancer , patient satisfaction , oophorectomy , estrogen , cancer , gynecology , oncology , surgery , hysterectomy
Success in ovarian cancer risk‐reducing strategies is based in outcome data and on patient satisfaction. Despite increased estrogen deficiency symptoms, satisfaction rates were higher with risk‐reducing bilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy. Reduced satisfaction was due to uncertainty in decision making.