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Fertility-conserving surgery safe in early-stage ovarian cancer

Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast

1:56  |   Posted on Aug 11, 2009 in Family Medicine, Medical Students, Ob/Gyn, Oncology, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Patient Education, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Surgery, Women’s Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ovarian- and uterine-conserving surgery appears to be safe in premenopausal women with stage IA or IC epithelial ovarian cancer, with no adverse impact on survival, US physicians report in the September 15th issue of Cancer.

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