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Dr. William Parker is a Gynecologist in Santa
Monica, CA. His website
www.ovaryresearch.com
is filled with ovary research information.
"In
the CA-125 arm of the study, women had a screening blood test.
If the test was abnormal, they were placed into a
high/intermediate/low risk categories based on their age and how abnormal
the blood test was. Women in
the intermediate category had the test repeated 3 months later and then if
they were still intermediate, it was repeated 3 months later. If the level
of CA-125 was rising, they then had an ultrasound.
If that was abnormal, they had a pelvic exam.
If all the results were worrisome, then they had surgery.
I am afraid the public (and doctors who are not paying
attention to the details) will do one CA-125 test and if it is abnormal,
send the patients for ultrasounds, and if there is any question about the
ultrasound, they will end up with surgery that most of them will not need.
What the Med News story doesn't say is that 24 women had major
complications from surgery.
The other issue is that it is not yet clear whether this strategy
decreases mortality from ovarian cancer.
In the year following the testing, 4 women developed ovarian cancer
undetected by the testing they had less than a year before."
- Dr. ParkerPromising Advances In
Screening Tests For Ovarian Cancer Early Detection
The
preliminary results of the most extensive randomised trial of ovarian
cancer screening so far, are published Online First and in the April
edition of The Lancet Oncology. The findings indicate that detecting early
stage ovarian cancer is possible with the CA125 blood test and
transvaginal ultrasound, with almost half of the cancers in stage I/II.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141757.php
www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/issue/current
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Resolution Introduced in
House (H. RES. 727) (2009); Supporting
the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The Library of Congress THOMAS
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