Ovarian cancer: Ensuring early diagnosis.

Nurse Pract

Christa L.P. Slatnik is a nurse practitioner at Cancer Care Manitoba, Gynecologic Oncology Department, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Elsie Duff is an NP instructor at the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Nursing, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Published: September 2015

Ovarian cancer is the most fatal of all gynecologic malignancies. Despite the lack of a recommended screening test for ovarian cancer, NPs can identify risk factors, ensure patients are aware of subtle symptoms, and provide adequate testing and analysis of results.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NPR.0000450742.00077.a2DOI Listing

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