Friday, December 01, 2006
CancerWise - December 2006 - Trial Studies Ovarian Cancer Screening Test
CancerWise - December 2006 - Trial Studies Ovarian Cancer Screening Test
Trial Studies Ovarian Cancer Screening Test
Healthy Postmenopausal Women Being Recruited
Should women be screened for ovarian cancer? Researchers hope to answer that question through a new study in which blood and urine samples from healthy, postmenopausal women are collected and analyzed.
Goal of study
M. D. Anderson researchers conducting the Low-Risk Ovarian Cancer Study hope the clinical trial and others like it one day may lead to a more effective screening test to increase early detection of the disease.
“Unfortunately, there’s no effective screening test, like the mammogram or colonoscopy, to detect ovarian cancer at an early stage when the chance of cure is greatest,” says Karen Lu, M.D., associate professor in M. D. Anderson’s Department of Gynecologic Oncology. “As a result, more than two-thirds of all ovarian cancers are found at an advanced stage.”
The purpose of the study is to not only evaluate a blood marker called CA-125 over a period of time, but also to create new markers for ovarian cancer detection. Urine also will be collected so that its proteins can be used to help create new markers.
ScienceDirect - Gynecologic Oncology : Screening for ovarian cancer by transvaginal ultrasound and serum CA125 measurement in women with a familial pr
ScienceDirect - Gynecologic Oncology : Screening for ovarian cancer by transvaginal ultrasound and serum CA125 measurement in women with a familial predisposition: A prospective cohort study: "Screening for ovarian cancer by transvaginal ultrasound and serum CA125 measurement in women with a familial predisposition: A prospective cohort study"
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