Jinky N.

Domingo

BSN-4A

NURSING IMPLICATIONS:

A. TO NURSING PROFESSION/ PRACTICE

 With this article, we student nurses can be more keen about our patient. It enhances
our ability to assess and monitor closely our patients. Yet, we are able to build rapport
with them. It also helps us to be more knowledgeable about ovarian cancer in
postmenopausal women with adnexal masses.

B. TO NURSING EDUCATION

 With this article, I have learned that women with adnexal lesions and/or persistently
elevated risk were clinically assessed and underwent surgery or follow-up for a median
of 10.9 years. That’s why our population cohort study suggests that human epididymis 4
(HE4) adds little value to concurrent use of CA125 and transvaginal ultrasound. Where
in, transvaginal ultrasound and serum CA125 are routinely used for differential diagnosis
of adnexal masses in post-menopausal women.

C. TO NURSING RESEARCH

 In this article, we can research more about the study that was conducted to assess
whether inclusion of human epididymis 4 (HE4) improves the performance of serum
CA125 and transvaginal ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of ovarian cancer in
postmenopausal women with adnexal masses. We can also research more about the
Clinical and research implications together with the strengths and limitations of this
study.

D. PERSONAL INSIGHTS

 I strongly agree that despite encouraging preliminary data on HE4, the results suggest
that in postmenopausal women its role in differential diagnosis of adnexal masses is
limited. It adds little value to the concurrent use of serum CA125 and simple ultrasound
features, either for detection of OC overall or the invasive epithelial OC subgroup.