For years, doctors have lamented that there’s no Pap test for deadly ovarian cancer. This week, scientists reported a tantalizing hint that one day, there might be. Researchers are trying to retool the Pap, a test for cervical cancer that millions of women get, so that it could spot early signs of other gynecologic cancers, too. Read the full news article here.
Study mentioned: Kinde I, et al. Evaluation of DNA from the papanicolaou test to detect ovarian and endometrial cancers. Sci Transl Med. 2013 Jan 9;5(167):167ra4. PMID: 23303603
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