Authors of a Lancet Commission on Ovarian Cancer respond to new data showing that up to half of women in some jurisdictions are first diagnosed in emergency rooms, linking late presentation to age, frailty, and unequal access to optimal treatment.
Ovarian Cancer Experts Flag Emergency Diagnoses as Barrier to Equitable Care
Authors of a Lancet Commission on Ovarian Cancer respond to new data showing that up to half of women in some jurisdictions are first diagnosed in emergency rooms, linking late presentation to age, frailty, and unequal access to optimal treatment.
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