In postmenopausal women, multimodal or US screening for ovarian cancer did not reduce ovarian cancer mortality

Ann Intern Med. 2021 Oct;174(10):JC114. doi: 10.7326/ACPJ202110190-114. Epub 2021 Oct 5.

Abstract

Menon U, Gentry-Maharaj A, Burnell M, et al. Ovarian cancer population screening and mortality after long-term follow-up in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2021;397:2182-93. 33991479.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Postmenopause*