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Re: Screening for Ovarian CancerFrom: ENDODOK (ENDODOK@aol.com)Sat Mar 28 10:25:51 1998
By the time a Ca125 or an ultrasound are "positive", the patient has the disease. At laparotomy, about 66% will be stage 3, with mets throughout the abdomen. The 5 year survival for this deadly cancer is 15-25%. Why not offer the first degree relative prophylactic laparoscopic oophorectomy-- a 20 minute operation that will reduce her risk from about 4%( a single first degree relative) or from 50% ( two or more first degree relatives) to less than 1%. J.Glenn Bradley MD
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