Ovarian cancer and menopausal hormone therapy: more data and new questions.

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

Jr., Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, MSC 7234, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852-7234.

Published: December 2007

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