Investigating harms of testing for ovarian cancer - psychological outcomes and cancer conversion rates in women with symptoms of ovarian cancer: A cohort study embedded in the multicentre ROCkeTS prospective diagnostic study

CONCLUSIONS: Women undergoing diagnostic testing display severe anxiety and distress. Younger women are especially vulnerable and should be targeted for support. Women under the age of 40 years have low conversion rates and we advocate reducing testing in this group to reduce the harms of testing.PMID:38556698 | DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.17813

Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - April 1, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Fong Lien Kwong Caroline Kristunas Clare Davenport Ridhi Aggarwal Jon Deeks Sue Mallett Sean Kehoe Dirk Timmerman Tom Bourne Hilary Stobart Richard Neal Usha Menon Alex Gentry-Maharaj Lauren Sturdy Ryan Ottridge Sudha Sundar ROCkeTS collaborators Source Type: research