650759 external_news 1631713753 1631713753 John F. McDonald, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences, is also chief scientific officer at Atlanta's Ovarian Cancer Institiute, which is developing an accurate test for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer. McDonald says preliminary results of the first half of 800 women in the current trial, shows a success rate of nearly 95 percent. But McDonald adds that a screening test must be essentially 100 percent accurate before getting approval from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).

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