NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After disappointing results earlier this year, researchers say new study findings from Kentucky offer a bit of hope for ovarian cancer screening.
But they still fall short of answering the important question: does ovarian cancer screening save lives?
One in 72 women will get ovarian cancer at some point, usually when they are older, according to the National Cancer Institute. But in most cases symptoms don’t start until the cancer has spread, making the disease harder to treat.
Doctors have hoped that screening women regularly might save lives by catching ovarian cancer earlier. Yet a large trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in June found that wasn’t the case. (See Reuters Health story, June 6, 2011 http://reut.rs/kijsUc)
Now, researchers say the previous disappointment may have been due to problems with the screening method used.
“Maybe some of the existing trials were started a little bit prematurely,”
Read More from the Article Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111129/hl_nm/us_ovarian_cancer
