Cancer Screening

Women at highest risk for ovarian cancer less likely to be screened

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 20th, 2002

Women at highest risk for ovarian cancer receive less screening and report less worry about getting the disease than women with a lower yet somewhat elevated risk, according to researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

M. Robyn Andersen, PhD, MPH, an assistant member in Fred Hutchinson's public health sciences division, and colleagues reported their findings in the journal Gynecologic Oncology.

"Women most likely to report high levels of perceived risk and to get screening for ovarian cancer are those at elevated risk who have a single relative affected with ovarian cancer, as compared with high-risk women with multiple family...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-06-20)

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