Using this approach, all women with an endometrial thickness of 4mm or less are spared biopsy. If you develop this common problem, make sure your gynecologist utilizes this new technique before doing a biopsy. It can be performed, as a simple imaging procedure, at New York Partnership for Women's Health. Pelvic Ultrasound and Ovarian Cancer 27,000 women a year learn that they have cancer of the ovary. More than half eventually die from the disease.
Early diagnosis is difficult because warning signs are few.
Women who have had breast cancer are twice as likely to develop ovarian cancer as are women who have not had breast cancer. If you have any risk factors for ovarian cancer, talk to your doctor about supplementing annual pelvic exams with regular tests for tumors of the ovary . These tests include ultrasound, specifically transvaginal ultrasound, which may be able to detect cancerous tissue, and a special blood test, called a CA-125 test. Both of these methods are under study. At the present time, they're not reliable enough to be used for screening.