Ovarian Cancer Screenings Raise Risk Of Health Problems And Do Not Reduce Mortality

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Transvaginal ultrasound and the CA-125 blood test do not prevent females from dying of ovarian cancer - in fact the invasive medical procedures may be linked to health problems, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The CA-123 blood test measures levels of a tumor marker which is more elevated in women with ovarian cancer, and some other cancers. Edward Partridge, M.D., director of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center and president of the American Cancer Society Inc...


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