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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Editorial: Screening for Familial Ovarian Cancer: A Ray of Hope and a Light to Steer by (CA-125....)



Screening for Familial Ovarian Cancer: A Ray ofHope and a Light to Steer by

"Since the identification of cancer antigen (CA) –125 in 1981,1 this
serum marker has been extensively evaluated as a potential screening
test for ovarian cancer. At approximately the same time, pelvic ultrasonography was also suggested as a potential alternative approach to screen for this disease.2 Despite the initial promise of both of these
techniques, screening for ovarian cancer in the general population has
remained an intractable challenge.......

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