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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I may be an outlier, but my doctor does a pelvic is every year. I am 38 and never did fertility treatments nor do I have PCOS. I don’t find it too uncomfortable and thought it was standard. He looks at ovaries and uterus. Always comments on how uterus looks good and ovaries are smaller than normal. We also do yearly Pap smear and breast exam…[/quote]

Wouod you feel comfortable disclosing where you go? Your dr sounds great for my personality. I prefer a conservative approach due to my increased risk  [/quote]

There is no reliable screening for early detection.  Ultrasounds aren’t it, sorry to tell you.  They just aren’t reliable at detecting ovarian cancer early and don’t change outcomes.  Read up on it.

https://amp.cancer.org/cancer/ovarian-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/detection.html[/quote]

There is nothing on that page that says that US does not detect ovarian cancer.  Show it to me. It doesn't make sense on a population level to do yearly US for women of average risk. Nonetheless US is what is used as the first step in detecting ovarian cancer. And yes many times early detection does make a difference. Not always but often.  I'm a NP to this thread seeing lots of misinformation [/quote]

It says most ovarian masses detected on u/s are not cancerous- therefore it leads to a lot unnecessary biopsies (which carry risk) if used as a yearly routine screening.  It also says, even if you are “high risk” using the ultrasound as a screening does not increase survival rate if ovarian cancer is found [/quote]

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