Screening might just not be enough! Yes, according to a recent survey, it has been revealed that merely getting screened yourself for ovarian cancer might not be a step towards decreasing the number of woman dying from the disease.

Screening might be a positive step towards decreasing the risk of the disease. The crux behind the matter is that the occurrence of Cancer is not confirmed before it has spread to a very advanced stage.

It may be true however that the quality of treatment might be better if one is checked for the disease on a preliminary level. These were the results of a new trial conducted by a research team. This research included as many as 78000 women.

The trial required them to undergo the tests and then the monitoring process was continued for a span of 13 years. The finding was that early stage cancer was not detected in these trials. At least as far as ovarian Cancer is concerned, screening does not help much in the earlier stages.

"That indicates that we really have to have a better understanding of the biology of ovarian cancer", said Dr. Christine Berg, Chief of the early detection research group at the National Cancer Institute.