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What are the other nonspecific causes of increase in ca125 , other than ovarian cancer? please provide detailed answer. thank you.
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Many: there are more false positives than true positives and that is why CA-125 should NOT be used as a screening test. other causes-- any infection or inflammation , any benign tumor, endometriosis, other malignancies.
Answered 11/27/2017
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