Archive for April 11th, 2009

The answer is no.
Besides the fact that the USPSTF already recommends against ovarian cancer screening, MedPage Today reports a study concluding that screening led to a high rate of unnecessary surgery.
During four years of screening with a transvaginal ultrasound and the CA 125 biomarker , “the surgery-to-cancer ratio was 19.5:1,” meaning that almost 20 [...]


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