Kalamazoo Area Women Live Longer When Full-time Gynecologic Oncology Care Available Locally
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By Anna Hoekstra, MD MPH Women with ovarian cancer live longer if they have surgery performed by a gynecologic oncologist. That has been shown in a variety of cities across the country. Recently, several students from WMed and I showed this is also true in Kalamazoo, when we studied women with ovarian cancer from southwest […]