February 2010 Archives

An interesting article was recently posted on CancerConsultants.com about ovarian cancer and how the symptoms are not particularly helpful in its early detection.  In 2000 an article was published in Cancer Detection and Prevention about the link between Anti-Malignin Antibody and ovarian cancer and more importantly how it can be used for early detection.  The AMAS test looks for this antibody in the blood and has been shown to be more sensitive than the CA125 test.

Both articles can be found at the links below:
http://www.cancerconsultants.com/symptoms-improve-early-detection-ovarian-cancer/
http://www.oncolabinc.com/paper.php?id=CancerDet_Prev.Antibody.2000.pdf

February 4th marks the fifth year of the World Cancer Day which is lead by The International Union Against Cancer (UICC)  Each year focuses on a different initiative, this year's being  "Cancer can be prevented too". 

More information can be found here:
http://www.worldcancercampaign.org/