Screening for ovarian cancer. Uptake of screening would be low.
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Should we be screening for ovarian cancer?
Ovarian cancer carries the worst prognosis of all gynaecological cancers, with an overall five-year survival rate of around 30-40 percent. For women diagnosed with early-stage disease the five-year survival rate is over 80 percent1. Majority of the ovarian cancers present in advanced stages due to vague symptoms. Advanced stage disease carries a poor fiveyear survival rate of around 15 percent....
متن کاملScreening for Ovarian Cancer.
Ovarian cancer is difficult to manage because the disease is most often diagnosed at an advanced stage when survival chances are poor. Early detection of ovarian cancer would increase long-term survival, since effective treatment modalities are available for early-onset disease. Screening with transvaginal ultrasound and serum CA 125 suggests promising results, but studies comparing mortality r...
متن کاملScreening for ovarian cancer.
BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer remains the most deadly of the gynecologic cancers. It is difficult to diagnose until in advanced stages. An effective screening test may help to decrease mortality from ovarian cancer. Due to the low incidence of ovarian cancer in the general population, a good screening test must have high sensitivity and specificity to allow accurate detection without excessive fals...
متن کاملScreening for ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer frequently presents late, when chances for long-term survival are poor. The increased survival advantage for patients diagnosed with early-stage ovarian cancer suggests that screening to detect early-stage disease might have an impact on disease mortality. Attempts are being made to develop effective screening procedures for early ovarian cancer in symptom-free women, using a var...
متن کاملScreening for ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancies. No precancerous lesions have been identified. Bimanual examination has not been proven to be of value as a screening test. Transvaginal ultrasound examination, with or without measurement of CA 125 levels, is currently being evaluated for population screening. Women at high risk of ovarian cancer should be screened a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1685-a