Ovarian Cancer
Genetic tests to identify ovarian cancer have little clinical value
Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, November 6th, 2006
Many genomic tests that are currently used to diagnose and guide treatment of ovarian cancer are not shown to decrease the number of women who die from the disease or improve their quality of life, according to a new evidence report supported by a partnership of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, and CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics.
Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. More than 20,000 women are diagnosed with the disease annually, and approximately 15,000 die from it. The risk for ovarian cancer...
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