Blood test may screen for ovarian cancer

A sensitive screening technique indicates that ovarian cancer typically originates 1.9 years before symptoms appear.

References:

Jacobs, I.J., S.J. Skates, et al. 1999. Screening for ovarian cancer: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Lancet 353(April 10):1207.

Skates, S.J., I.J. Jacobs, et al. 1999. Estimated duration of pre-clinical ovarian cancer from longitudinal CA125 levels. Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. April. Philadelphia.

Sources:

Ian J. Jacobs
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Department of Gynaecological Oncology
London EC1A 7BE
United Kingdom

Steven J. Skates
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 16, April 17, 1999, p. 245. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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