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SUBMITTER: Hall MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767686 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hall M J MJ Obeid E I EI Schwartz S C SC Mantia-Smaldone G G Forman A D AD Daly M B MB
Gynecologic oncology 20160123 3
Obstetrician/gynecologists and gynecologic oncologists serve an integral role in the care of women at increased hereditary risk of cancer. Their contribution includes initial identification of high risk patients, screening procedures like bimanual exam, trans-vaginal ultrasound and endometrial biopsy, prophylaxis via TAH and/or BSO, and chemoprevention. Further, gynecologists also serve a central role in the management of the secondary repercussions of efforts to mitigate increased cancer risks, ...[more]