conditions like infections and endometriosis can give a false positive
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has come out against the use of the CA-125 blood test as a way to detect early instances of ovarian cancer, however they do advise its use in monitoring the progress of the disease once diagnosed
Additionally Carolyn Benivegna was the author of the original letter and she has since written an updated version:
Re: the ca-125 test isn't necc all that accuratextradeviousMarch 2 2006, 00:52:30 UTC
No offense taken - we need all the info we can get on this terrible killer. My cousin sent the forward to me and I posted it w/o doing any further research on it. Thank you for the update.
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conditions like infections and endometriosis can give a false positive
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has come out against the use of the CA-125 blood test as a way to detect early instances of ovarian cancer, however they do advise its use in monitoring the progress of the disease once diagnosed
Additionally Carolyn Benivegna was the author of the original letter and she has since written an updated version:
http://www.baymoon.com/~gyncancer/library/blcarolyn2.htm
hope you don't take offense
ovarian cancer IS a killer and women need to be aware
Mama Kelly
http://mamakellysmusings.blogspot.com
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My cousin sent the forward to me and I posted it w/o doing any further research on it.
Thank you for the update.
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