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Is Ovarian Cancer Undertreated in Older Women?

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  1. Department of Gynecology/Obstetrics, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Erie County Medical Sciences Center, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, New York, 14215, USA

    David L. Marchetti & Myroslaw M. Hreshchyshyn

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Marchetti, D.L., Hreshchyshyn, M.M. Is Ovarian Cancer Undertreated in Older Women?. Drugs & Aging 5, 81–84 (1994). https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199405020-00001

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