Project 1 Title: Chronic Medical Conditions and CA125 Levels Among Women Without Ovarian Cancer. Project 2 Title: Statin Therapy and Association With Ovarian Cancer Risk in the New England Case Control (NEC) Study
Journal: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University)
Year: 2018

Project 1 Abstract: \nBackground: Randomized trials using the biomarker CA125, with or without pelvic ultrasound, have failed to show a clear benefit of general population screening for ovarian cancer. In part this may be due to a lack of information about conditions, besides ovarian cancer, that can alter CA125 levels and affect specificity or sensitivity. We evaluated the association between common medical conditions and CA125 levels among women without ovarian cancer.\nMethods: We used data a