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Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

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symptoms are non-specific and can be mistaken for many other less serious conditions, such as digestive and bladder issues. Before being told she has cancer, a woman with ovarian cancer may first receive a diagnosis for another illness.Common misdiagnoses include irritable bowel syndrome, stress and depression.

Persistent or deteriorating signs and symptoms appear to be the key. The majority of digestive disorders have symptoms that are intermittent, specific to certain situations or foods, or both. There is typically not much variation in symptoms, which are constant and progressively worsen.

Recent studies have shown that women with ovarian cancer are more likely than are other women to consistently experience the following symptoms:

• Abdominal pressure, fullness, swelling or bloating
• Urinary urgency
• Pelvic discomfort or pain

Additional signs and symptoms that women with ovarian cancer may experience include:

• Persistent indigestion, gas or nausea
• Unexplained changes in bowel habits, such as constipation

• Changes in bladder habits, including a frequent need to urinate
• Loss of appetite or quickly feeling full
• Increased abdominal girth or clothes fitting tighter around your waist
• Pain during intercourse (dyspareunia)
• A persistent lack of energy
• Changes in menstruation

Types of ovarian cancer

• epithelial ovarian cancer which affects the surface layers of the ovary
• germ cell ovarian cancerwhich originates in the cells that make the eggs, and
• stromal ovarian cancer, which develops within the cells that hold the ovaries together.

Epithelial ovarian cancer is by far the most common type of ovarian cancer.

The number of eggs released by the ovaries and whether someone in your family has previously had ovarian cancer are a couple of the many potential causes of ovarian cancer that are thought to be at play. However, only one in 20 cases of ovarian cancer has a genetic link.

Treatment for ovarian cancer usually involves a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. There are methods of screening for ovarian cancer but, at the moment, they are not yet fully tested, and are only available for those who have relatives with the condition.