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Re: 'Ovarian Pap Test'- med professional reply please From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net) Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:46:04 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: R. Daniel Braun, MD: "Re: Birth control" Previous message: R. Daniel Braun, MD: "Re: [Birth Control] Ending the birth control pills" In reply to: Abby: "'Ovarian Pap Test'- med professional reply please" Next in thread: Kristy: "Re: 'Ovarian Pap Test'- med professional reply please" Reply: Kristy: "Re: 'Ovarian Pap Test'- med professional reply please" At Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Abby wrote: > >I have read about a new diagnostic test called the "ovarian pap" which >tests cells from the ovaries and abdomen for early cancerous changes. >Are you using it in your practices yet, and do you expect the test to >become standard as the cervical pap is? > >Thank you. Sounds like a procedure developed about 20 years ago. To collect the cells requires inserting a needle through the top of the vagina into the abdominal cavity(Culdecentesis) [Also "PAINFUL"] Most women will nevver allow a second one. The test then had a very high false positive rate. It led to two hundred women having an abdominal exploration [Major surgery] for every one ovarian cancer that it detected. This was discarded some 10-15 years ago to the best of my knowledge. If someone has come up with a new variation on it, I haven't heard anything about it. Maybe you could let us know where you read about it. As far as I know, no one is using this for the reasons mentioned aboe. -- R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG **Note: Opinions expressed here are for educational purposes only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient relationship. This information is not intended to supplant the need for you to consult with your physician prior to choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions. **Private emails cannot be entertained due to time constraints, consequently no private emails will receive a response. **Thank you for your understanding ;-) Please be aware that all e-mail on this forum is archived and can be viewed at http://forums.obgyn.net/womens-health, http://forums.obgyn.net/pregnancy-birth or http://forums.obgyn.net/young-women and is accessible to anybody on the internet including internet search engines. This should be taken into consideration before sending postings of a personal or confidential nature. Next message: R. Daniel Braun, MD: "Re: Birth control" Previous message: R. Daniel Braun, MD: "Re: [Birth Control] Ending the birth control pills" In reply to: Abby: "'Ovarian Pap Test'- med professional reply please" Next in thread: Kristy: "Re: 'Ovarian Pap Test'- med professional reply please" Reply: Kristy: "Re: 'Ovarian Pap Test'- med professional reply please"

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