For a comprehensive overview of these recommendations, the full-text version of this Committee Opinion is available athttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000002299.
Committee on Gynecologic Practice Society of Gynecologic Oncology: This Committee Opinion was developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Committee on Gynecologic Practice and the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) in collaboration with committee member Kristen A. Matteson, MD, MPH, and SGO members Camille Gunderson, MD and Debra L. Richardson, MD.
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Official Citation: The role of the obstetrician–gynecologist in the early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer in women at average risk. Committee Opinion No. 716. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2017;130:e146–9.
