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There Is No Reliable Ovarian Cancer Screening Test. So What Are We Doing? (Ovarian Cancer Awareness Series, Part 2 of 9)
There is no reliable screening test for ovarian cancer. So what are we actually doing when we go in for CA125 blood work and a transvaginal ultrasound?
This is Episode 2 of 9 in our Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month series on BRCA & Beyond.
Host Marisa Stachelski, a BRCA2 previvor and colon cancer survivor, breaks down the difference between screening and surveillance and why that one word causes so much confusion for people living with hereditary ovarian cancer risk. CA125 and transvaginal ultrasound can give your doctor real information, but neither has been shown to reliably catch ovarian…
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