Screening for ovarian cancer: imaging challenges and opportunities for improvement

When ovarian cancer is detected at an early, localized stage (Stage I or II), cytoreductive surgery – currently the most effective treatment – and conventional chemotherapy can cure 70–90% of patients, compared with approximately 20% or fewer when it is diagnosed at later stages (Stages III and IV)1. Even aggressive high-grade, poorly differentiated or undifferentiated tumors have a much higher 5-year survival rate when diagnosed in Stage I/II...