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Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:12 PM

Blood test gives hope of spotting early ovarian cancer - Your News

from Ananova

 

 

> A simple blood test may be able to identify ovarian cancer at its earliest

stage when it is hardest to spot but at its most curable, a preliminary

study suggests.

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> Currently, about three-quarters of women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed

in advanced stages of the disease, when they have only about a 20% chance of

surviving five years.

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> But if the disease is caught early, the five-year survival is about 95%.

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> Full story: http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_515753.html

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