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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Apr;113(4):775–782. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31819cda77

Table 4.

Follow-up of Positive Screens of Either Type

Screening Round
T0 T1 T2 T3
Screened N 28,746 27,541 26,584 25,423
Positive N 1,675 1,341 1,224 1,148
% of Screened 5.8 4.9 4.6 4.5
Biopsies N 566 264 182 158
% of Positive 33.8 19.7 14.9 13.8
Neoplasms * N 27 17 15 15
% of Biopsies 4.8 6.4 8.2 9.5
% of Pos (PPV) 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.3
Yield per 10,000 Screened 9.3 6.1 5.6 5.9
Invasive Cancers (ovarian or peritoneal) N 18 13 14 15
% of Biopsies 3.2 4.9 7.7 9.5
% of Pos (PPV) 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3
Yield per 10,000 Screened 6.2 4.7 5.2 5.9
*

Includes invasive cancers and LMPs (ovarian cancers of limited malignant potential).