Screening of ovarian cancer

When a patients is suspected of ovarian cancer tests and examination are always done before surgery. The doctor will check the patients medical and family history and after the medical history been done a physical exam together with a pelvis exam and pap test will be done on the patients. During the pelvic exam the doctor might able to felt an ovarian lump.

Others screening of ovarian cancer tests are chemistry screen to check for liver and kidney problems. When the doctor have done all the screening then surgery will be done. Surgery such as removing the ovaries and fallopian tube, removing lymph nodes. At times appendectomy will be done to removes your appendix.

Knowing some of the early sign of ovarian cancer

Knowing some of the early sign of ovarian cancer can save ones life but the symptoms of ovarian disease is quite difficult to know in the beginning as the disease are so mild that even the doctor may escape with the symptom or take the symptoms for other disease unless a fully body check is done. Still the real causes of ovarian cancer remain unknown but researchers believe it might be causes due to the monthly release of an egg through a tiny tear in an ovarian follicle. This ovarian cancer can occur in one or both ovaries, located on either side of the uterus. Most of the beginning symptoms of ovarian cancer are abdominal pain and urinary incontinence.

The first sign are always pain in abdomen and it is due to the ovarian tumors that attacking the female abdomen. This pain in the abdomen are always taken as stomach ache. If the pain in the abdomen happens many times. Another early symptoms of ovarian cancer are urinary incontinence where by the women will have abnormal urge to urinate and sometimes a woman may even leak urine even if she has gone to the bathroom. it is wise to check with your doctor and tells the doctor all about the unusual things.

Early symptoms of ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer refer as a silent cancer to women as the symptoms will slow to show and when it is notice its already spreads to other parts of the body or in the advance stage and the changers of curing is poor. The early stage symptoms of ovarian cancer can be notice or include is feeling difficulty in eating or feeling full most of the time or quickly. Feeling frequency and urgency in urine, bloating and feeling abdominal or pelvic pain. If women who experience such symptoms its advisable to see your doctor for early check up, as early stage diagnosis is associated with an improved prognosis which can save your life.

Women who has many children and breastfeeding their babies, their chances of diagnosis with ovarian cancer are very low in percentage. Taking birth controls is another factors that can lower the chances of getting ovarian cancer.

Symptom and risk factors of ovarian cancer

As ovarian cancer is a silent disease because most of the symptom when diagnose is at a late stage and had spread to other parts of the body. Ovarian cancer is a disease in which malignant cells are found in an ovary. The three cells that are found in the tissue are epithelial cell as most of these tumor are benign and 85% of this epithelial are ovarian cancer cases. The germ cell and the stromal cell. Most of the early symptom of ovarian cancer swelling in the abdomen. Having the frequency and urgency of urine. Feeling pain during sexual intercourse. Bowel problem and unexplained weight loss and gain. Loss of appetite and bleeding from the vagina.

Some of of risk factors of ovarian cancer in women are women whose family has history of ovarian cancer, Women having their first child at the age of after 30 years old, Having late Menopause mostly after the age of 55. Women who used Hormone Replacement Therapy after menopause periods has increased risk of suffering ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer may be treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or a combination of treatments.