Thanks Aksier sounds like 2012 is the go.Distribution channels will well and truley be set up for the current test by then, so should be a smooth transition.
The more accurate the test the better the take up by health professionals imo by the sounds..............
Trials begin on new ovarian cancer test Posted 10 hours 6 minutes ago
Map: Melbourne 3000 Scientists in Melbourne have started trials on what they hope will be a more effective test for ovarian cancer.
The trial builds on the current test by including two new biomarkers, which indicate the presence of cancer in the blood.
More than 1,000 women will be included in the worldwide trial.
Ovarian cancer expert Professor Greg Rice says if successful, the test's accuracy would increase from 94 to 97 per cent.
"The idea is to improve the performance of the test, to be looking at its accuracy, to identify women with ovarian cancer hopefully earlier during the course of their disease," he said.
Health authorities would need the test to be almost 100 per cent accurate before it could be used across the population.
Approximately 800 Australian women die from ovarian cancer each year.
