How to diagnose patients with recurrent ovarian cancer

Recurrent ovarian cancer is also a type of ovarian cancer. Many people do not know how recurrent ovarian cancer is diagnosed. Next, experts will introduce to you how recurrent ovarian cancer is diagnosed.

Timely detection and diagnosis of recurrent ovarian cancer will help in the treatment of ovarian cancer. The more commonly used methods are physical examination, serum CA125 measurement and imaging examination.

Elevated tumor markers; pleural effusion and ascites; a mass found during physical examination; a mass found during imaging examination; or unexplained intestinal obstruction. If any of the above items exists, tumor recurrence can be considered; if two items exist, the possibility of tumor recurrence is greater.

Of course, these signs are only preliminary diagnoses, and the diagnosis of recurrent ovarian cancer requires further pathological examination reports, such as tumor marker testing and imaging examinations.

CA125 is currently the most commonly used tumor marker for diagnosing recurrent ovarian cancer. Approximately 80%-85% of ovarian cancer patients have elevated serum CA125 levels at the time of initial diagnosis. Elevated serum CA125 levels often indicate recurrence of ovarian cancer, so during follow-up of ovarian cancer, serum CA125 changes should be continuously tested and judgments made based on its dynamic changes.

In addition, recurrent ovarian cancer can also be diagnosed through imaging examinations, including ultrasound scanning, CT, MRI and PET (positron emission tomography). They are all of great significance for diagnosing recurrent ovarian cancer and are an important theoretical basis for further confirming the recurrence of ovarian cancer.

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