This is from the FORCE website (www.facingourrisk.org). If you are a person with a risk of cancer, check out the link below to find out how to be proactive towards your risk.

"The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is a consortium of cancer centers with experts in management of hereditary cancer. Each year, the NCCN updates their risk management guidelines for people with hereditary risk for cancer, based on the latest research.

Current NCCN guidelines (for ovarian cancer), which dictate the standard of care for cancer surveillance in high-risk patients, include:

Concurrent transvaginal ultrasound with color doppler
CA-125
pelvic exam

every 6 months starting at age 30-35 or 5-10 yrs earlier than the earliest age of first diagnosis in the family, and preferably day 1-10 of the menstrual cycle for premenopausal women."