Change of Pace

[Guest guest]

This article will interest our ladies more than men, but for those men who read

our posts, you may want to share it with your wives. I know that our friend

Jackie tested positive for BRA CA and had a hystermectomy because it ran in her

family. I ran across this article from the UK (my friend Beth over there says

she can hear me snoring - not yet, Beth, but soon. LOL) about new tests

designed to diagnose ovarian cancer sooner.

September 22, 2010...... " Ovarian cancer screening programs could also improve

detection rates and lead to earlier diagnosis. The landmark UK Collaborative

Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) compared two strategies for

screening women aged 50-74 years: an annual check of levels of CA125, with

transvaginal ultrasound as a second-line test, and annual screening with

transvaginal ultrasound alone. The study of more than 200,000 women showed that

both screening strategies were feasible on a large scale and had “encouraging

performance characteristics”. The sensitivity was similar for both, while the

specificity was higher in the CA125/follow-up ultrasound strategy than the

ultrasound-alone strategy.

" Transvaginal ultrasonography is the investigation of choice for evaluating

suspected uterine adnexal lesions or masses, but it has some limitations. The

presence of septum or papillary projections or solid components in the lesions,

combined with the presence of blood flow within the lesion as detected by color

Doppler assessment of blood flow, means that the lesion is likely to be

malignant rather than benign. However, as the author of one literature review of

the subject reported, the detection of vascularity within the papillary

projection of a malignant tumor may not be detected when it is very small,

leading to missed opportunities to diagnose cancer at as early a stage as

possible. "

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FYI,

Lottie Duthu