Chronic Medical Conditions and CA125 Levels among Women without Ovarian Cancer

• Published in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention Vol. 27; no. 12; pp. 1483 - 1490
• Main Authors: Akinwunmi, Babatunde O., Babic, Ana, Vitonis, Allison F., Cramer, Daniel W., Titus, Linda, Tworoger, Shelley S., Terry, Kathryn L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2018

Randomized trials using the biomarker cancer antigen (CA) 125, with or without pelvic ultrasound, have failed to show a clear benefit of general population screening for ovarian cancer. In part, this may be due to a lack of information about conditions, besides ovarian cancer, that can alter CA125 l...