The Application of CA 125 in the Diagnosis and Follow up of Ovarian Cancer (Sudan)

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 DEFINITION OF STUDY AND STUDY AREA
Retrospective and hospital case study to assess the role
of CA125 levels in the diagnosis and follow up of ovarian
cancer, this study was done in the National cancer
institute (NCI), Wad Medani, Gezira state - Sudan. The
NCI is references hospital in central Sudan, established
in 1999 as the second cancer center in Sudan. It is the
only cancer center outside the capital of Sudan,
Khartoum. All discovered patients who attended NCI
clinic during the study period from Jan 2013 to June
2015, and was diagnosed histologically with ovarian
cancer and agreed to participate.