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03/05/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Medical experts do NOT recommend routine screening for ovarian cancer; false positives will lead to unnecessary life-altering surgery for many women

Despite the notoriously hard-to-diagnose ovarian cancer causing the death of around 14,000 women each year (as it is often identified too late), the United States Preventive Service Task Force has discovered that routine checkups can lead to too many false positives. In an editorial for the Journal of the American Association, University of Texas gynecologist Dr. […]

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