ovarian cancer screening



Screening may include a blood test for CA-125 and a pelvic ultrasound. If you have a high risk family history, there are alternatives to ovarian cancer screening, such as having your ovaries removed to prevent cancer

Ovarian cancer screening
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Ovarian cancer remains not only the commonest but also the most lethal gynaecological malignancy in the UK (Table 3.1 ). Despite advances in molecular biology, surgery and chemotherapy, ovarian cancer remains a difficult condition to manage and long-term

Ovarian cancer screening : a look at the evidence
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Margaret M. Fields, MSN, ACNP, AOCNP, is an acute care nurse practitioner in Houston, TX, and Eric Chevlen, MD, is the medical director for oncology services at Meadville Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Mention of specific products and opinions related to those products

Screening for ovarian cancer
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Ovarian cancer is predominantly a disease of postmenopausal women which presents at a late stage and has an overall 5-year survival of less than 30%. If detected at stage I, survival is dramatically increased and this would suggest that screening for ovarian cancer may

Vignette-based study of ovarian cancer screening : do US physicians report adhering to evidence-based recommendations
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This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a supplement. Background: No professional society or group recommends routine ovarian cancer screening , yet physicians enthusiasm for several cancer screening tests before

Ovarian cancer screening in the general population.
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Despite significant improvements in therapy, ovarian cancer continues to be a leading cause of death amongst women with gynaecological malignancies. Advanced stage at diagnosis is thought to be a major contributor to mortality. Hence, there is considerable interest in early

Three-dimensional ultrasonography and power Doppler in ovarian cancer screening of asymptomatic peri-and postmenopausal women
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Aim To determine whether introducing three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography with power Doppler facilities as a secondary screening test, preceded by annual transvaginal grayscale ultrasonography (TVUS)(followed by transvaginal color Doppler (TVCD) in selected cases)

Screening for ovarian cancer
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Purpose: To critically review the available evidence for screening asymptomatic women for ovarian cancer with ultrasonography or the CA 125 radioimmunoassay (CA 125) or both. Data Sources: A MEDLINE search of the English-language literature and bibliographies of

Personalizing ovarian cancer screening
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P reliminary results from an ovarian can- cer screening test that relies on person- alized findings from an annual CA125 blood test are keeping alive hope that some- day an effective screening tool for the disease be a reality. But researchers warn that the method is not perfect and

Outcome of Preventive Surgery and Screening for Breast and Ovarian Cancer in BRCA Mutation Carriers
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Purpose: To prospectively determine the impact of genetic counseling and testing on risk- reduction strategies and cancer incidence in a cohort of individuals at hereditary risk for breast and ovarian cancer . Patients and Methods: Two hundred fifty-one indi-viduals with

Screening for ovarian cancer : US Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement
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Methods: A 2008 review of the literature commissioned by the USPSTF revealed no new evidence about the benefits of screening for ovarian cancer but provided some new data about observed harms of screening . A bridge search to 2011 focused on evidence from

Screening for ovarian cancer
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Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer mortality in North America. The disease has usually spread beyond the ovary by the time of diagnosis, and is associated with a five-year survival of 35% or less, as compared with 90% for Stage I tumours. To date

Ovarian cancer screening
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Page 1. Ovarian Cancer Screening Ian Jacobs On behalf of the UKCTOCS UKFOCSS Teams Institute for Womens Health, UCL 32nd BICOG Meeting Belfast June 2010 Page 2. Greetings from the UCL Institute for Womens Health Page 3. OVARIAN CANCER SCREENING PHASE II Initial

Screening for a BRCA2 Rearrangement in High-Risk Breast/ Ovarian Cancer Families: Evidence for a Founder Effect and Analysis of the Associated
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Screening for a BRCA2 Rearrangement in High-Risk Breast Ovarian Cancer Families: Evidence for a Founder Effect and Patrícia M. Machado, Rita D. Branda˜o, Branca M. Cavaco, Joana Eug nio, Sandra Bento, Mónica Nave, Paula Rodrigues, Aires Fernandes, and Fátima Vaz

Ovarian cancer : role of ultrasound in preoperative diagnosis and population screening
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Four papers in this issue of the Journal are concerned with the role of ultrasound in the diagnosis and early detection of ovarian cancer . Three of them1 3 address the problem of the accurate diagnosis of ovarian cancer in women who have a presumed ovarian mass

Fluorescence analysis of urine and its potential for ovarian cancer screening
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We analysed urine from 42 healthy volunteers, 35 patients with benign, and 36 patients with malignant ovarian tumors. Synchronous fluorescence spectra with a 70 nm wavelength difference were recorded for (1: 1 1: 1024) urine dilutions. Concentration matrices of

Breast Cancer Screening Behaviours and Outcomes in Women with a Family History of Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer in Ontario
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Having a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer is one of the most important risk factors for developing breast cancer . It is unknown if the survival benefit from mammography screening extends to women with a family history, and if prognostic features differ by level of

Screening for Ovarian Cancer -More Hype Than Hope
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Screening for ovarian cancer is reminiscent of screening for prostate cancer : Although we have tests that seem like they should work to reduce mortality (eg, cancer antigen [CA] 125 measurement plus ultrasonography, prostate-specific antigen testing), unfortunately we are

Screening for ovarian cancer : progress and challenges
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Ovarian cancer is one of the most aggressive gynaecological malignancies, the high mortality being a direct result of the advanced stage of the disease at the time of diagnosis. However, survival rates of greater than 90% have been reported with Stage I disease

Ovarian Cancer Screening There Be Light at the End of the Tunnel
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Page 1. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer Ovarian Cancer Screening : There be light at the end of the tunnel-Manuscript Draft– Manuscript Number: Full Title: Ovarian Cancer Screening : There be light at the end of the tunnel Article Type: Letter to the Editor Keywords

Exploring multiple biomarker combination by logistic regression for early screening of ovarian Cancer
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The best marker combination for differentiating the ovarian cancer from benign is explored with the logistic regression. The serum samples from 81 patients with ovarian cancer and 216 patients with benign pelvic masses provided by 2 institutes were analyzed using