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CA-125 serum levels and pregnancy outcome in in vitro fertilization.

Fish KE, Phipps M, Trimarchi J, Weitzen S, Blazar AS

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women & Infant's Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA.

This is a prospective cohort study of CA-125 levels drawn on the day of hCG administration in 386 women undergoing IVF treatment. The CA-125 levels were not helpful in determining pregnancy outcome, as indicated by poor sensitivity (40.8%) and specificity (52.7%), as well as an area under the receiver operator characteristic curve close to 0.50.

Published 13 December 2004 in Fertil Steril, 82(6): 1705-7.
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