New test can help doctors choose best treatment for ovarian cancer

OvarianProfessor Tom Bourne, (Adjunct Professor in the Department) formed part of a team of researchers involved in a new test to help doctors diagnose ovarian tumours and choose the most appropriate treatment.

In a study published in the British Medical Journal, an international team led by Imperial College London and KU Leuven, Belgium describe a new test, called ADNEX, which can discriminate between benign and malignant tumours, and identify different types of malignant tumour, with a high level of accuracy.

To read the full story on the Imperial news site, please click here.

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