July 24, 2005
Another Step Closer to Ovarian Cancer Detection
Tampa Bay Online reports that there is a promising new test for ovarian cancer that just got approval for
This week, the National Cancer Institute awarded a $3.5 million grant to H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida to expand its search for telltale signs of the disease that can be found in a blood sample.The test is promising and has already been shown to be 93% effective, whereas the current test, CA125 is only 50% and has a high level of false positives. Read the article here.
Posted by Elizabeth M. on July 24, 2005 10:07 PM
