UK NICE · January 05, 2026

NICE guidance: age-based blood test thresholds for earlier ovarian cancer detection

Original title: New age-based blood test thresholds recommended by NICE will help GPs catch ovarian cancer earlier

NICE proposes replacing one-size-fits-all blood test thresholds with age-based criteria to improve early ovarian cancer diagnosis in primary care.

Medium impact Public Health UK screening

More women with ovarian cancer could be diagnosed earlier under proposed new NICE guidance that replaces a one-size-fits-all blood test threshold with personalised, age-based criteria.

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