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Today, most US gynaecologists routinely screen for ovarian cancer. This widespread screening was prompted by the highly publicized death in 1989 of the actress and comedienne Gilda Radner at the age of 42 from ovarian cancer. Screening involves ultrasound, pelvic examinations, and analysis of the blood.

However, this flurry of activity among doctors is against the express recommendations of the American government. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recommended against routine screening, declaring that it is inaccurate and even dangerous.⁷⁵

The NIH said that these tests are so unreliable that surgeons have unnecessarily operated on many women who don’t have the disease. Even if doctors do get it right, by the time the cancer shows up it’s too late. And in only a quarter of cases is ovarian cancer detected at a stage early enough for effective treatment.⁷⁶