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Signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer

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Current screening of early diagnosed for ovarian cancer limited accuracy including the prognosis.
About 200,000 women diagnosed with new comer of ovarian cancer every year and contribute to 4% from all cancer problem in women.
Hard to determine precised early detect of ovarian cancer, make the cancer recognized after some stage related to cancer growth (become a tumor) such as stage 3 and stage 4.
The survival rate after the cancer detected in any stage about bellow than 50%.

Common medical treatment of ovarian cancer is surgery and chemotherapy due to the tumor has been performed.
Some researcher statement said if the cancer can early detected then survival rate may raise to 93%.
Radiation therapy not recommended as had high risk of safety.

Some screening can be used such as CA-125 marker, transvaginal ultrasound or ultrasound screening.
However the accuracy or positive predictive is about 35%.

Bellow, the symptoms of ovarian cancer but not limited as following;

- abdominal distension (progressive increase in size)
- abdominal bloating (alternating increases and decreases in abdominal girth)
- pelvic pain
- abnormal valginal bleeding
- constipation including diarrhea
- breathing problem
- abdominal pain
- fatique

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