The diagnostic performance of CA125 for the detection of ovarian and non-ovarian cancer in primary care: A population-based cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>The serum biomarker cancer antigen 125 (CA125) is widely used as an investigation for possible ovarian cancer in symptomatic women presenting to primary care. However, its diagnostic performance in this setting is unknown. We evaluated the performance of CA125 in prima...

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Main Authors: Garth Funston, Willie Hamilton, Gary Abel, Emma J Crosbie, Brian Rous, Fiona M Walter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-10-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003295