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Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancers Screening (PDQ®): Patient Version

PDQ Screening and Prevention Editorial Board
In: PDQ Cancer Information Summaries [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002.
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Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancers Screening (PDQ®): Patient Version

PDQ Screening and Prevention Editorial Board.
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This PDQ cancer information summary has current information about ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancers screening. It is meant to inform and help patients, families, and caregivers. It does not give formal guidelines or recommendations for making decisions about health care.

Editorial Boards write the PDQ cancer information summaries and keep them up to date. These Boards are made up of experts in cancer treatment and other specialties related to cancer. The summaries are reviewed regularly and changes are made when there is new information. The date on each summary ("Date Last Modified") is the date of the most recent change. The information in this patient summary was taken from the health professional version, which is reviewed regularly and updated as needed, by the PDQ Screening and Prevention Editorial Board.

Keywords: disease screening; fallopian tube cancer; ovarian epithelial cancer; primary peritoneal cavity cancer.

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