A 25-Year-Old Married Woman Has Developed Unusual Abdominal Pain

A 25-year-old married woman has developed unusual abdominal pain.Her mother died of ovarian cancer and she is concerned that she is developing the same disease.Her physician orders CA 125 and hCG analyses,both of which return with a moderately elevated value.How should the physician interpret these results?

A) The physician should inform the woman that she is pregnant and not to be concerned about the likelihood of ovarian cancer.
B) The physician should perform more laboratory testing and transvaginal ultrasonography to determine whether the patient has ovarian cancer or is just pregnant.
C) The physician should prepare for surgical removal of the ovaries based on the tumor marker values.
D) The physician should examine these tumor marker values to determine whether they fall within specific cutoff intervals for healthy,benign,or cancerous groups.