Almost half of women with endometrial cancer or hyperplasia do not know that obesity affects their cancer risk
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a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, 14445 Olive View Dr., Sylmar, CA 91342, United States b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 951740, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States c Department of Medicine Statistics Core, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 911 Broxton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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