Do you need this ovarian cancer test?
Ovarian cancer is very deadly. Almost 3/4 women ever diagnosed has advance disease which has a 5 year survival rate of only 20%. But like other diseases if we can diagnose early , the survival rate is almost 90%. Any testing that helps that diagnosis is viewed by all women as very important. We cannot just test every woman, so we have to decide who needs an ovarian cancer test. Women and their providers are warned that ovarian cancer screening is not simple, not very accurate