On Mon 27 Apr, Mark O'Connor wrote:
> 1. There is no evidence to support screening in asymptomatic women
> in the general population for ovarian cancer.
>
> 2. Screening asymptomatic women with one affected relative should be
> confined to recognised research studies.
This is certainly the line taken by our local gynae oncology
specialist (though not by all of her colleagues . . )
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Dr Ian Trimble http://www.sherwood.demon.co.uk/
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