Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in the U.S. However, the racial bias makes it ...
A common blood test for ovarian cancer is more likely to fall short for Black and Native American women, according to a new ...
A common blood test may miss ovarian cancer in some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatment, a new study ...
Black and American Indian patients are less likely to have elevated cancer antigen (CA)-125 levels at ovarian cancer ...
A new study focusing on the common CA-125 blood test found that some patients were 23 percent less likely to show elevated cancer antigen levels at diagnosis.
Researchers found that Black and Native American patients were 23% less likely to have high levels of CA-125 when diagnosed with ovarian cancer compared to white patients. That means the test may miss ...
Researchers examined CA-125 levels at diagnosis, defining them as elevated/borderline or negative/normal in 250,749 patients ...
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The cancer antigen (CA)-125 test may miss ovarian cancer in some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatment ...
AROUND Saipan you see many names and places related to sugar: Sugar Dock, Sugar King Road, Sugar KingPark, the old sugar train. Clearly, this was an important part of the island’s history. Many ...
1Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. 2Center for Precision and Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. 3Department of ...