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Screening for Ovarian Cancer

1995; American College of Physicians; Volume: 122; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-122-2-199501150-00017

1539-3704

Roger A. Renfrew,

Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment

Letters15 January 1995Screening for Ovarian CancerRoger A. RenfrewRoger A. RenfrewRedington Medical Associates, Skowhegan, ME 04976. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-122-2-199501150-00017 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The clinical guideline and review article on screening for ovarian cancer are concise, clear statements about this particular issue [1, 2]. As a practicing clinician, I appreciate the effort to provide guidance for a rational clinical approach to screening testing.One gray area related to this problem is the need for pelvic examinations in healthy, asymptomatic, previously screened (for cervical cancer) women between Papanicolaou tests. I generally do Papanicolaou tests every 3 years in my patients after establishing two or three normal test results within a year. How often pelvic examinations need to be done exemplifies the ...References1. Carlson KJ, Skates SJ, Singer DE. Screening for ovarian cancer. Ann Intern Med. 1994; 121:124-32. Google Scholar2. American College of Physicians. Screening for ovarian cancer: recommendations and rationale. Ann Intern Med. 1994; 121:141-2. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Redington Medical Associates, Skowhegan, ME 04976. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 15 January 1995Volume 122, Issue 2Page: 155KeywordsCancer screeningCervical cancerOvarian cancer Issue Published: 15 January 1995 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1995 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...