Ovarian cancer is known as the silent killer because its symptoms often mask as other problems until the disease is quite advanced. Pain can be “waved away” as stomach pain or run-of-the-mill reproductive pain. That’s why it’s so critical for ovarian cancer detection methods to improve. Fortunately, one research team is working on the problem:
“Detection of ovarian cancer was significantly improved in a study that used a risk algorithm based on changes in serum cancer antigen 125 (CA125) levels over time rather than relying on traditional fixed CA125 cutoff values.
As part of the ongoing United Kingdom ovarian cancer trial involving more than 200,000 women, researchers found that the risk algorithm could detect 87% of ovabrian cancers, compared with fewer than 50% of cancers identified using cutoff values.
The findings could substantially improve the early detection of ovarian cancer, which is associated with 6-month survival rates of less than 5% if it is diagnosed at an advanced stage, say the researchers.”
Read the original article at Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/844673
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