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Studies Show Many Providers Think There is a Screening Test for Ovarian Cancer
Two studies released this week indicate that health care providers believe that the CA-125 and/or the transvaginal ultrasound are appropriate screening tests for ovarian cancer. There is no medical organization that has endorsed the current tools as appropriate for screening. … Continue reading
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Screening Study for Ovarian Cancer
A new study of 545 women with a family history of ovarian cancer were provided annual screening with the CA-125 blood test and transvaginal ultrasound. This interval of testing with these tools did not find any early stage ovarian cancers. Read … Continue reading
HE4 May be Helpful in Screening
JAAPA: When the Patient Asks – Can I be Screened for Ovarian Cancer
The JAAPA published a When the Patient Asks column on screening for ovarian cancer. WHO TO SCREEN High-risk women with a genetic mutation or strong family history should be screened. Routine transvaginal and pelvic ultrasonography with a CA-125 test may … Continue reading
Women with BRCA mutations getting diagnosed younger
Women with a BRCA mutation – which increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer – are getting diagnosed younger than their families members were. Earlier generations of women in the families studied were diagnosed at a median age of … Continue reading
Personalizing CA-125 Levels for Ovarian Cancer Screening
Two new papers published in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that personalizing CA-125 levels related to ovarian cancer are helpful. The article suggests that the provide a two percent false positive rate are premenopausal women should have a cut-off point of 50 U/mL … Continue reading
New White Paper Issued on Ovarian Cancer
The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) has issued a comprehensive white paper — as part the organization’s professional Gynecologic Cancer Collaborative education program — that provides an overview of and background on the screening, diagnosis, and management of ovarian cancer. … Continue reading
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Most ovarian cancer diagnosed ‘promptly’
Concerns Australian women with ovarian cancer endure a “long and circuitous” path from their first GP visit to eventual diagnosis have been declared unfounded. A study taking in more than 1400 women who have the cancer found 85 per cent … Continue reading
Comparison of a novel multiple marker assay vs the Risk of Malignancy Index for the prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer in patients with a pelvic mass
Objective We sought to compare the Risk of Malignancy Index (RMI) to the Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) to predict epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in women with a pelvic mass. Study Design In all, 457 women with imaging results … Continue reading
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DNA Dilemma: The Full Interview With the FDA on DTC Genetic Tests (Newsweek)
In an interview yesterday, the FDA made some potentially controversial and confusing statements about consumer genetics, an area it’s in the process of deciding how to regulate. I criticize the agency in my piece for not being fully transparent, so … Continue reading
Ovarian Cancer Development and Metastasis (Am. J. Pathol.)
The biology of ovarian carcinoma differs from that of hematogenously metastasizing tumors because ovarian cancer cells primarily disseminate within the peritoneal cavity and are only superficially invasive. However, since the rapidly proliferating tumors compress visceral organs and are only temporarily … Continue reading
Ovarian Cancer National Alliance Comment on Screening Study
Sunday, June 6, a study will be presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncologists regarding ovarian cancer screening. The study, Authored by Karen Lu, followed more than 3,000 women for eight years, measuring their CA-125 levels annually. These women … Continue reading
