Ovarian Cancer
Lysophospholipid levels are potential disease indicator
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 22nd, 2004
The major finding could lead to a simple blood test for ovarian cancer - a welcome development because lack of an effective screening test for ovarian cancer results in high mortality rates.
"This finding could be incredibly important in our fight against ovarian cancer," says Rebecca Sutphen, MD, of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, principal author of the 3-year study funded by the American Cancer Society.
The findings were published in the July 7, 2004,...
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