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Cancer? 12cm complex ovarian cyst/tumor with blood flow throughout septations. and elevated 5.7 ova 1 test. can't see oncologist for 3 weeks. worried

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No emergency: The OVA1® test is not an indicator of ovarian cancer and is not much better than Ca125. It measures levels of five proteins found in the blood and then uses software to calculate a single score measured by using a 0-10 scale.. Women who are pre-menopausal have a cut off of 5.0 whereas postmenopausal women have a 4.4 cutoff. A high OVA1® score is not a diagnosis of cancer, rather it indicates risk and should not force an emergency situation for treating a complex hemorrhagic cyst

Answered 8/12/2018

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