Re: CA 125 of 103

From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Sun Feb 12 08:35:53 2006


Joanne

the relative risk of any finding depends heavily on the patient's a priori risk. The more background risk factors, the more significant any finding is. That being said, some folks can be simply unlucky and not read the latest metanalysis.

Pls provide F/U. Thanks

Art

At Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote: >
>Thanks John for the posts and all others for comments on this case.
>
>My fault for posting from recollection without the chart etc. But
>looking abck it is interesting when different folks would intervene.
>
>Also rather interesting that the perspective changes completely with
>that additional data.
>
>We know that someome without that personal / family history still gets
>cancer. As we all know, most ovarian CA as well as breast CA is in
>women with no family history.
>
>So ... if someone WITH the family history with DUB where adnexal
>abnormalities are found and a CA 125 of low 100's is handled one way
>(surgically) ... and a person WITHOUT the family history is handled a
>different way (no surgery) and the second one is found 6 months or a
>year later to have cancer, then did we do her a disservice of being
>"reassured" by a persistent adnexal finding and a CA125 of low 100's?
>
>Devil's advocate here.
>
>Huddled up for the Nor'Easter today.
>
>Joe - are you living in a FEMA trailer - not back into your home?
>
>--
>Joanne Bulley, MD
>Keene, NH, USA
>

--
art fougner, md

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