title: Oncology today: ovarian cancer.
abstract: While researchers work to improve treatment and come up with an accurate way to detect the disease early on, ovarian cancer will kill 14,000 women in the United States this year. Here's an update on this particularly insidious form of cancer: how it's managed today and treatment options for the future.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affair Medical Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, USA.
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authors.lastname: Tiedemann
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States