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.
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.
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