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Re: Tests for ovarian cancer
From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 01:02:21 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 29 Sep 2000, dahlia wrote: >
>Is the new blood test for ovarian cancer more sensitive than the
>intravaginal ultrasound. Does it diagnose early enough to affect
>outcome, which I understand that the ultrasound does not.

Didn't Dr Braun just answer this question???
LPA is a new test that looks promising, but more data (in terms of long term and numbers of women studied) is needed. The whole premise is that it may detect cancer earlier than our current methods.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA
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