2025-09-06
28 分钟This is the happy pod from the BBC World Service.
I'm Bernard Echio and in this edition...
We really have a bright light on the horizon.
We have a new test that could really be a game changer for women that are diagnosed with this disease.
To actually be involved in a research study that can help to...
diagnosed people at a much earlier stage where their chance of cure is greater,
the chance that they will live and see their children grow up is absolutely fantastic.
A blood test that could dramatically improve survival rates for ovarian cancer.
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We start with a discovery that could help save the lives of tens of thousands of women around the world.
Every year, more than 300,000 are diagnosed with ovarian cancer,
and it's often not detected until it's in the later stages, leading to low survival rates.
But now researchers in the US and the UK have created a new blood test that detected the disease in its early stages in around 90% of cases,
allowing for earlier treatment and potentially improving the chances of survival dramatically.
It works by looking at the types of proteins and lipids in the blood and teaching AI to spot the pattern found in ovarian cancer.
The Happy Pod's Holly Gibbs spoke to Dr Kean Baybackt from the University of Colorado and Professor Emma Crosby from the University of Manchester.
At the moment we don't have very good blood tests for ovarian cancer.