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Ovarian Cancer (cont.)

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Author: Robert P Edwards, MD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, University of Pittsburgh; Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs, Director, Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence, Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh.

Coauthor(s): Jana M Lee, MD, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center; Paul Blackburn, DO, FACOEP, FACEP, Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona.

Editors: Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Lee P Shulman, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Head, Section of Reproductive Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

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