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Monday, March 22, 2010

Medical News: SGO: Test Aids Preop Decisions About Ovarian Masses - in Meeting Coverage, SGO - OVA1



"...However, the test's low specificity raised some concern, as verbalized by an invited discussant of the study." MedPage Today Action Points * Explain to patients that in this study, use of a laboratory test improved the presurgical evaluation of ovarian tumors compared with physician clinical assessment alone. * Note that the test is for preoperative assessment of ovarian tumors and is not a screening or diagnostic test. * Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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