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Temporal trends in ovarian cancer: incidence and mortality across Europe

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boxed-textBray F et al. (2005) Ovarian cancer in Europe: cross-sectional trends in incidence and mortality in 28 countries, 1953–2000. Int J Cancer 113: 977–990

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