Ovarian Cancer

Paper Summary:

This paper poses several research questions related to ovarian cancer. The author systematically tries to determine if there is a connection between race, socioeconomic background and the detection of ovarian cancer. The paper includes a brief review of current literature.

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"Researchers in the field of cancer study generally agree that cancer research is lacking on the issue of socioeconomic status as many research studies are limited in the way they obtain samples participants, often those of the white middle class are chosen through sample collection. In one article this is stated case of the researchers, as the generalization and therefore validity can only be obtained through the small subset of patients in the survey, in this case about social support and cancer, and white middle class women with breast cancer. "

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