Risk of diagnosis of ovarian cancer after raised serum CA 125 concentration: a prospective cohort study.
BMJ
; 313(7069): 1355-8, 1996 Nov 30.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer and fallopian tube cancer associated with a raised concentration of the tumour marker CA 125 in asymptomatic postmenopausal women.DESIGN:
Serum CA 125 concentration was measured annually in study participants for one to four years. Participants with a concentration > or = 30 U/ml were recalled for abdominal ultrasonography. Follow up was by annual postal questionnaire.SETTING:
General practice, occupational health departments, ovarian cancer screening unit in a teaching hospital.SUBJECTS:
22,000 volunteers, all postmenopausal women > or = 45 years of age; recruited between 1 June 1986 and 1 May 1990. INTERVENTION Surgical investigation if the ultrasound examination was abnormal. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Cumulative and relative risk of developing an index cancer (invasive epithelial cancer of the ovary or fallopian tube) after a specified CA 125 result.RESULTS:
49 index cancers developed in the study population during a mean follow up of 6.76 years. The overall cumulative risk of developing an index cancer was 0.0022 for the entire study population and was lower for women with a serum CA 125 concentration < 30 U/ml (cumulative risk 0.0012) but was appreciably increased for women with a concentration > or = 30 U/ml (0.030) and > 100 U/ml (0.149). Compared with the entire study population the relative risk of developing an index cancer within one year and five years was increased 35.9-fold (95% confidence interval 18.3 to 70.4) and 14.3-fold (8.5 to 24.3) respectively after a serum CA 125 concentration > or = 30 U/ml and 204.8-fold (79.0 to 530.7) and 74.5-fold (31.1 to 178.3) respectively after a concentration > or = 100 U/ml.CONCLUSION:
CA 125 is a powerful index of risk of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer in asymptomatic postmenopausal women.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Ovarianas
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Neoplasias das Tubas Uterinas
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMJ
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1996
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Article