New Test For Early Stage Ovarian Cancer Is 99 Percent Accurate

According to a recent study published in the journal ClinicalCancer Research, researchers at Yale School of Medicine havedeveloped a very sensitive and specific blood test that is able todetect early stage ovarian cancer with 99 percent accuracy.The research group, led by Professor Gil Mor of the Department ofObstetric, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, had previouslyused four proteins in a blood test that detected cancer with 95 percenteffectiveness.

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Filed under: Clinical Trials on February 19th, 2008