Makes sense but....: It is a great idea but unfortunately there is no screening test available that can identify ovarian cancer early on in women.
Answered 7/10/2013
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A great idea but....: That is the idea of studies done in the past- to see if we screen everybody who is asymptomatic and follow them up with either cancer marker or sonogram surveilalnce- whether we can actually detect more ovarian cancer at earlier stage. The answer of the studies, unfortunately, despites all the ultrasounds and cancer markers- unfortunately , majority of cancer found were already stage iii.
Answered 1/16/2014
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