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Isnt it better to be testing for ovarian cancer earlier?

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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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Dr. Liawaty Ho answered

Specializes in Hematology and Oncology

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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