âDesperately disappointingâ setback for ovarian cancer screening hopes
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Long-awaited results of a major ovarian cancer study three decades in the making found screening women detected the disease before they developed symptoms but didnât save lives.
The findings are a devastating blow for ovarian cancer researchers, patients and their supporters who had hoped the trial involving more than 200,000 women would lead to early diagnosis and ultimately national screening programs that would prevent thousands of ovarian cancer deaths every year.
Christy Smith was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in February 2020.