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screening test for ovarian cancer in a high risk pt?
Edited by Doc750 on 10/22/07 - 10:07 AM
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no takers?
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| MAGY17
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screening for ovarian ca is not recomended
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Screening for Ovarian Cancer is not recommended for the normal healthy woman.
However, for those who are at higher risk (eg fam hx) should be screened with CA-125 and vag. U/S.
UW says "periodic" screening -not sure what that means exactly? Every few years?
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| Doc750
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Avg risk --> no screen is recomended
Low risk- (ie isolated relative had the disease) --> annual Ca-125 and vaginal U/S
High risk (ie multiple family members with breast or ovarian cancer. Or 1st degree relative with ovarian cancer before the age of 40) --> Test BRCA 1 and BRCA 2, and follow up with twice yearly CA-125 and transvaginal ultrasounds
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Thanks! Great work! I'll adding this to my notes. 
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your welcome ... I had never heard of this before either. So it went into my notes as well 
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| mjl1717
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also alpha fetoprotein and CA15-3 can be elevated
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Good Job.
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if he specified in the question that he wants OVARIAN CANCER screeining
you should choose ca-125+ US even if there is a typical family history and the BRCA is among the choices because BRCA is not a SCREENING test.
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