Ovarian cancer prevention and screening

U Menon, C Karpinskyj… - Obstetrics & …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Financial Disclosure Prof. Menon has stock ownership and has received research funding
from Abcodia Ltd, a UCL spinout company with an interest in biomarkers and commercial …

Risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA-related cancer in women: a systematic review to update the US Preventive Services Task Force …

HD Nelson, M Pappas, B Zakher… - Annals of internal …, 2014 - acpjournals.org
Background: Mutations in breast cancer susceptibility genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are
associated with increased risks for breast, ovarian, and other types of cancer. Purpose: To …

Evidence of stage shift in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer during phase II of the United Kingdom familial ovarian cancer screening study

AN Rosenthal, LSM Fraser, S Philpott… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To establish the performance of screening with serum cancer antigen 125 (CA-
125), interpreted using the risk of ovarian cancer algorithm (ROCA), and transvaginal …

Psychological morbidity associated with ovarian cancer screening: results from more than 23 000 women in the randomised trial of ovarian cancer screening …

J Barrett, V Jenkins, V Farewell… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine the psychological sequelae associated with abnormal screening in
the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS). Design …

Psychosocial effects of whole-body MRI screening in adult high-risk pathogenic TP53 mutation carriers: a case-controlled study (SIGNIFY)

EK Bancroft, S Saya, E Brown, S Thomas… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Germline TP53 gene pathogenic variants (pv) cause a very high lifetime risk of
developing cancer, almost 100% for women and 75% for men. In the UK, annual MRI breast …

Long-term positive psychological outcomes in an Australian pancreatic cancer screening program

RS O'Neill, B Meiser, S Emmanuel, DB Williams… - Familial Cancer, 2020 - Springer
Screening for pancreatic cancer (PC) in high-risk groups aimed to detect early cancers is
currently done only in the research setting, and data on psychological outcomes of …

Increasing awareness of gynaecological cancer symptoms: a GP perspective

REC Evans, M Morris, M Sekhon, M Buszewicz… - British Journal of …, 2014 - bjgp.org
Background In the UK there has been an effort, through the National Awareness and Early
Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI), to increase early stage diagnoses and ultimately cancer …

Investigating harms of testing for ovarian cancer–psychological outcomes and cancer conversion rates in women with symptoms of ovarian cancer: A cohort study …

FL Kwong, C Kristunas, C Davenport… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate psychological correlates in women referred with suspected ovarian
cancer via the fast‐track pathway, explore how anxiety and distress levels change at 12 …

Influences on anticipated time to ovarian cancer symptom presentation in women at increased risk compared to population risk of ovarian cancer

S Smits, J Boivin, U Menon, K Brain - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background In the absence of routine ovarian cancer screening, promoting help-seeking in
response to ovarian symptoms is a potential route to early diagnosis. The factors influencing …

Feasibility, patient compliance and acceptability of ovarian cancer surveillance using two serum biomarkers and Risk of Ovarian Cancer Algorithm compared to …

R Haque, SJ Skates, MA Armstrong, SE Lentz… - Gynecologic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective We assessed the feasibility, patient acceptability of and compliance of a new
surveillance strategy for ovarian cancer surveillance in women with BRCA mutations, based …