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American Association for Cancer Research: “Time-Dependent Effects of Oral Contraceptive Use on Breast, Ovarian, and Endometrial Cancers.”
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Guttmacher Institute: “An Overview of Consent to Reproductive Health Services by Young People.”
Krishna Upadhya, MD, adolescent medicine specialist; vice president of quality care and health equity, Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Sloane Berger-Chen, MD, gynecologist specializing in pediatric and adolescent reproductive health, University of California, San Francisco.
Julia Cron, MD, chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, New York City.
Shazia Chowdhury.
Sarah Bramblette, board chair, Lymphedema Advocacy Group; co-chair, Obesity Action Coalition’s Access to Care Committee, Miami.
Charles Thompson, MD, director, obstetrics and gynecology residency program, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.
