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Editorial

Genetic Markers for Ovarian Cancer Risk: Are we Close to Seeing a Clinical Impact?

Patricia G MoormanDepartment of Community & Family Medicine, Cancer Prevention, Detection & Control Research Program, Box 2715, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC27710, USA.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 565-567 | Published online: 24 Aug 2012

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