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‘Devastated and sad’ after 36 years of research — early detection of ovarian cancer doesn’t save lives – UNSW Newsroom
I was motivated to improve the outcome for women with ovarian cancer by my experience as a junior doctor in London in 1985. But 36 years on, the results aren’t…
I was motivated to improve the outcome for women with ovarian cancer by my experience as a junior doctor in London in 1985. But 36 years on, the results aren’t what we’d hoped.My colleages and my efforts to develop a screening test for the early detection of ovarian cancer capable of saving lives arrived at a sad moment last week. The final trial results of the research Ive focused on for 36 years, published in The Lancet, found early ovarian cancer detection doesnt save lives.
The advances we have…
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