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Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Ovarian Cancer

u s preventive services task force
February 13, 2018

Final Recommendation Statement:

Screening for Ovarian Cancer




Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Ovarian Cancer

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released today a final recommendation statement on screening for ovarian cancer. The Task Force found the harms of screening to outweigh the benefits and recommends against screening for ovarian cancer in women without signs or symptoms. To view the recommendation and the evidence on which it is based, please go here. The final recommendation statement can also be found in the February 13 online issue of JAMA.
The Final Recommendation Statement Is Available
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FINAL RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY

Population
Recommendation
Grade
Asymptomatic women
The USPSTF recommends against screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women.

This recommendation applies to asymptomatic women who are not known to have a high-risk hereditary cancer syndrome.
D

WHY THIS MATTERS

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"The Task Force recommends against screening for ovarian cancer in women who have no signs or symptoms,” says Task Force member Michael J. Barry, M.D. “Evidence shows that current screening methods do not prevent women from dying of ovarian cancer and screening can lead to unnecessary surgery in women without cancer.”

WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS

Draft
Research Plan
Final
Research Plan
Draft
Recommendation / Draft Evidence Review 
Final Recommendation / Evidence Summary

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