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Re: Annual Testings

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 27 May 2003 09:55:52 -0500 (CDT)

At Tue, 27 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I would like to know why screening for ovarian cancer isn't done as a
>standard along with the yearly pap smear? Since it is a silent cancer,
>and very important to screen for, than shouldn't it be something that is
>just as important to check for as with the pap smear?
>
>Thanks!

Vag exam. and U/S are the only methods for screening and they are not very accurate for early diagnosis unless there is a history of Ca. in the family. 

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Hector Nemirovsky M.D.
Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina
Private Practice,
Buenos Aires,
Argentina


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