Black and American Indian women with ovarian cancer were less likely to have elevated cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) levels at ...

The likelihood of having an elevated CA-125 level at ovarian cancer diagnosis was lower for American Indian, Asian, or Black patients versus White patients. HealthDay News — Black and American ...

The measurement of serum CA-125 antigen is a standard procedure in the management of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. A study by Markman et al. showed that decreased concentration of serum ...

Since the FDA approval of CA-125 as a tumor marker test, when a pelvic mass could be an ovarian carcinoma, clinicians are turning to this test as a tool in the diagnostic investigation.

A recent retrospective analysis by Low and colleagues compared the use of laparotomy, MRI, and serum cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels for the detection of residual tumor in women treated for ...