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Susan Modesitt, MD<\/p><\/div>\n

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently issued a draft recommendation on ovarian cancer screenings<\/a>. Dr. Susan Modesitt, Director of the High Risk Breast and Ovarian clinic and the Division Director for Gynecologic Oncology at the Emily Couric Cancer Center at the University of Virginia, provided her perspective<\/a> to Healio<\/a> on the findings and what it could mean for primary care physicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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