Earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer possible with medical tampon, research suggests
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Currently more than 50 per cent of women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer at an advanced stage when fewer treatment options are available. A specialist medical tampon could be used to help diagnose ovarian cancer earlier, researchers believe.
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A new machine learning tool developed by researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research Berghofer can help pathologists identify subtle cancer biomarkers in standard tissue samples.
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