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.