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Ovarian cancer: Setback as major screening trial fails to save lives – BBC News
Hugely disappointing results mean ovarian-cancer screening remains more than a decade away.
By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent
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A major trial to detect one of the most elusive and deadly cancers – ovarian – has failed to save lives, after two decades of work.
The researchers, at University College London, said the results were a disappointment – and thanked the 200,000 people who participated.
The trial had looked promising, with annual blood tests detecting cases of ovarian cancer earlier.
But routine screening for the cancer is now a distant…
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