Screening not catching ovarian cancer early

April 03, 2009

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The only available screening tests for ovarian cancer fail to catch early signs of the disease and often result in unnecessary surgery, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers say in a study published April 1 in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

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