Making comparative effectiveness work in cancer care - Cancer Network

Making comparative effectiveness work in cancer care
Cancer Network
Of the preventive surgical options, prophylactic oophorectomy was the most cost-effective strategy for BRCA1 carriers: $1741/QALY saved. ...

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Young Women Diagnosed With BRCA Genes -- What Should They Do? - Medscape

Young Women Diagnosed With BRCA Genes -- What Should They Do?
Medscape
Furthermore, oophorectomy (ie, taking out the ovaries) will also prevent ovarian cancer because your risk for ovarian cancer is about 20%-40%. ...

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Women's Constructions of the 'Right Time'to Consider Decisions about Risk ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Women's Constructions of the 'Right Time'to Consider Decisions about Risk ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
... with surgical options to reduce their risk of breast and ovarian cancer, including risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and risk-reducing oophorectomy (RRO). ...

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MORTON v. THOUSAND OAKS SURGICAL HOSPITAL - Leagle.com

MORTON v. THOUSAND OAKS SURGICAL HOSPITAL
Leagle.com
Appellants' mother underwent "a sigmoid colon resection" for recurrent diverticulitis and "bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy" at Thousand Oaks Surgical ...

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Image of the Month—Quiz Case - Archives of Surgery

Image of the Month—Quiz Case
Archives of Surgery
... finding of leiomyosarcoma, and in a "second-look" procedure, a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was done without any evidence of residual tumor. ...

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SMITH v. ASTRUE - Leagle.com

SMITH v. ASTRUE
Leagle.com
... a ureter of the kidney" (when her ureter was cut during the hysterectomy), an oophorectomy, gallbladder removal, a breast biopsy, and sinus surgery. ...

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ANDERSON v. A.J. FRIEDMAN SUPPLY CO., INC. - Leagle.com

ANDERSON v. A.J. FRIEDMAN SUPPLY CO., INC.
Leagle.com
In 1988, after being diagnosed with endometriosis and recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease, she had an oophorectomy and a total abdominal hysterectomy. ...

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Clinical Trial on HSDD Recruiting - TechCombo (blog)

Clinical Trial on HSDD Recruiting
TechCombo (blog)
Patients whose sexual function was impaired, in the investigators opinion, by abdominal or vaginal hysterectomy, oophorectomy or any other pelvic, vaginal, ...

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