A NOTE FROM AN RN:

I found that the CA-125 test is an ovarian screening test equivalent to a man%26#039;s PSA test prostate screen (which my husband%26#039;s doctor automatically gives him in his physical each year and insurance pays for it). I called the general practitioner%26#039;s office about having the test done. The nurse had never heard of it. She told me that she doubted that insurance would pay for it. So I called -BIGNAME- Insurance Co, and got the same response. Never heard of it - it won%26#039;t be covered.

I explained that it was the same as the PSA test they had paid for my husband for years. After conferring with whomever they confer with, she told me that the CA-125 would be covered.

It is $75 in a GP%26#039;s office and $125 at the GYN%26#039;s. This is a screening test that should be required just like a PAP smear (a PAP smear cannot detect problems with your ovaries). And insist that your insurance company pay for it.

(ironheart.net/pleaseread.html for more and then post your reply here).|||Sad but true,thousands of women some in there 20%26#039;s are being fooled into a hysterectomy by their doctors!After being told they tested positive for the cancer gene,the doctor reccomends a complete hysterectomy,only after the surgery and heartbreak are they then told that the cancer can still come back,and that even after being mutilated under the knife and loosing their precious womanly parts,that it is not a cure all!!! sick and sad both!|||No|||didnt know that, 1 of my friends mothers has that…got it removed by surgery and is fine now thakfuly.|||I%26#039;d believe that they can, but I%26#039;m not so quick to believe the statistics. 1 in 55 women is more women than have cancer of any type. Unless you mean just the ones that had their ovaries removed for cancer reasons. Hehe, did you know that 45% of statistics are made up on the spot? Or was it 67%?…:)