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Can frequency and severity of symptoms predict the presence of ovarian cancer?

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Moore, K., Walker, J. Can frequency and severity of symptoms predict the presence of ovarian cancer?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 1, 72–73 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0040

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