Ovarian Cancer Screening Resulted in Many Unnecessary Surgeries

Screening women for ovarian cancer often led to unnecessary surgeries and failed to detect the disease in its early stages, according to new results from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial. The analysis focused on the 34,000 women in the NCI-sponsored trial who were screened annually for signs of ovarian cancer using transvaginal ultrasound and/or the CA-125 blood test.