Ovarian cancer is difficult to detect. There are no great screening tests to pick up on its presence in the body, and by the time symptoms appear, the disease has often progressed into an advanced stage. But a ray of light has recently emerged in the study of ovarian cancer -- and it could help in the prevention and early detection of this deadly disease.Think about this, from the April 2007 issue of Woman's Day magazine:
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine have identified a simple checklist of six symptoms associated with an increased risk of the disease and three of them -- if they occur at least 12 times per month and are present for less than one year -- were present 57 percent of the time in a study of women with early-stage disease.
And the three symptoms are: abdominal and pelvic pain, bloating and difficulty eating, and feeling full quickly.
If you experience these problems, especially if they are frequent or new, contact your doctor because identifying ovarian cancer quickly is key. In its early stages, the cure rate is 90 percent. But for advanced cancer, it's only 20 percent.
1. These must be the most basic conditions. My wife had none of those prior to her diagnosis. Her symtoms were, HEAVY PMS, fatigue, and pain on the side in which her egg was released from her Overy. The straw that broke the perverbial camels back was such excruciating pain that she was forced to go to her OBGYN to try and figure out what the issue was. Now just over 2 months later, a hysterectomy past, and having just finished her second Chemo, had she only worried about the short checklist here, she would have had an exploded cancer filled cyst within her and an even lower chance of survival.
Posted at 1:48PM on May 6th 2007 by Tony