Sunday, January 20, 2008

Women undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer ‘needlessly’ (UK)

Many women are undergoing major surgery unnecessarily because of a lack of ultrasound experts to diagnose ovarian cancer, researchers say.

Improving the quality of preoperative ultrasound examinations could lead to a decrease in the number of operations on women with suspected ovarian cancer, as benign tumours may be discovered before surgery.



Times Online

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