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Use of CA-125 Tests and Computed Tomographic Scans for Surveillance in Ovarian Cancer

Overview of attention for article published in JAMA Oncology, November 2016
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Title
Use of CA-125 Tests and Computed Tomographic Scans for Surveillance in Ovarian Cancer
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JAMA Oncology, November 2016
DOI 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.1842
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Authors

Katharine M. Esselen, Angel M. Cronin, Kristin Bixel, Michael A. Bookman, Robert A. Burger, David E. Cohn, Mihaela Cristea, Jennifer J. Griggs, Charles F. Levenback, Gina Mantia-Smaldone, Larissa A. Meyer, Ursula A. Matulonis, Joyce C. Niland, Charlotte Sun, David M. O’Malley, Alexi A. Wright

Abstract

A 2009 randomized clinical trial demonstrated that using cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) tests for routine surveillance in ovarian cancer increases the use of chemotherapy and decreases patients' quality of life without improving survival, compared with clinical observation. The Society of Gynecologic Oncology guidelines categorize CA-125 testing as optional and discourage the use of radiographic imaging for routine surveillance. To date, few studies have examined the use of CA-125 tests in clinical practice. To examine the use of CA-125 tests and computed tomographic (CT) scans in clinical practice before and after the 2009 randomized clinical trial and to estimate the economic effect of surveillance testing. A prospective cohort of 1241 women with ovarian cancer in clinical remission after completion of primary cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy at 6 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2011, was followed up through December 31, 2012, to study the use of CA-125 tests and CT scans before and after 2009. Data analysis was conducted from April 9, 2014, to March 28, 2016. The use of CA-125 tests and CT scans before and after 2009. Secondary outcomes included the time from CA-125 markers doubling to retreatment among women who experienced a rise in CA-125 markers before and after 2009, and the costs associated with surveillance testing using 2015 Medicare reimbursement rates. Among 1241 women (mean [SD] age 59 [12] years; 1112 white [89.6%]), the use of CA-125 testing and CT scans was similar during the study period. During 12 months of surveillance, the cumulative incidence of patients undergoing 3 or more CA-125 tests was 86% in 2004-2009 vs 91% in 2010-2012 (P = .95), and the cumulative incidence of patients undergoing more than 1 CT scan was 81% in 2004-2009 vs 78% in 2010-2012 (P = .50). Among women whose CA-125 markers doubled (n = 511), there was no significant difference in the time to retreatment with chemotherapy before and after 2009 (median, 2.8 vs 3.5 months; P = .40). During a 12-month period, there was a mean of 4.6 CA-125 tests and 1.7 CT scans performed per patient, resulting in a US population surveillance cost estimate of $1 999 029 per year for CA-125 tests alone and $16 194 647 per year with CT scans added. CA-125 tests and CT scans are still routinely used for surveillance testing in patients with ovarian cancer, although their benefit has not been proven and their use may have significant implications for patients' quality of life as well as costs.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 55 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 12 21%
Researcher 9 16%
Student > Bachelor 7 12%
Student > Master 5 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Other 9 16%
Unknown 12 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 22 39%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 14%
Engineering 3 5%
Mathematics 2 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 13 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 137. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 June 2018.
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#301,728
of 25,393,071 outputs
Outputs from JAMA Oncology
#496
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#5,865
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Outputs of similar age from JAMA Oncology
#20
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