Ultrasounds can determine a woman’s risk of eventually developing fairly deadly ovarian cancer –

A simple ultrasound can potentially detect signs that a woman is at risk for ovarian cancer and avoid potentially unnecessary surgery to treat the deadly cancer, according to one study.

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York have found that an ultrasound can determine whether an ovarian lesion is benign or may eventually turn into cancer.

This way, they can more accurately determine which women should have surgery to repair or remove these injuries that prevent the development of deadly cancer.

Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest cancers for women, causing death in more than half of all cases, and 13,000 Americans die each year.

Publishing their findings Tuesday in the journal Radiology, the researchers collected data from 1,205 women who had been screened and found some type of abnormality.

878 women from the group were used in the study, among them 970 ovarian lesions. None of the participants had increased risk factors for the disease.

Lesions are minor tissue problems that can occur in different parts of the body. They can be benign or malignant, meaning they have cancerous tumors.

The vast majority of lesions are “classic” lesions with little chance of developing into cancer, and “non-classical” lesions that often have detectable blood flow carry risks.

Lead author of the University of London study, Dr. “The risk of cancer is very low if you have something that follows the classical imaging patterns described for these lesions,” Akshya Gupta said in a statement.

“If you have something that doesn’t seem classical, then the presence of solid components and especially the presence of Doppler blood flow is what really adds to the risk of malignancy.”

The ultrasound in the study was able to identify the lesions and determine whether they were malignant with 92% accuracy.

Only 53 or 6% of 970 lesions were found to be malignant. Ultrasound was able to detect them with 93% accuracy.

One percent of lesions identified by ultrasound as “classic” lesions were found to be malignant.

Once a lesion is found, a woman will usually need a doctor’s visit to determine if it is cancerous, and sometimes she will need surgery to remove the lesion before it turns into something more dangerous.

It can also be a frightening experience for women who know they’ll likely be fine, but still have little chance of developing deadly cancer.

Detection of benign and malignant lesions via ultrasound can shorten a long and frightening process for many women.

“Based on the features we see on ultrasound, we’re trying to assess whether an outcome needs further investigation and where the patient should go from there,” Gupta said.

Ovarian cancer can also be a potentially devastating diagnosis for women. Only half of women diagnosed live longer than five years.

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), one in 78 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and one in 104 will die.

According to the ACS reports, fewer than 20,000 women are diagnosed each year, causing about 13,000 deaths each year.

One reason for the particularly low survival rate compared to other cancers is the delay in many women realizing they have the disease.

Many women will begin to feel the symptoms of cancer and attribute this to bloating or other bowel problems.

Once it reaches a point that just causes severe pain, women often take the problem to a doctor, and it’s usually long enough in the process to legally harm a woman during that time.