Be Aware of these Ovarian Cancer Symptoms

Symptom List Helps ID Ovarian Cancer

Researchers Say Awareness of 6 Symptoms Could Help Identify Women at Risk By Salynn Boyles

Dec. 11, 2006 -- Ovarian cancer is often considered a "silent killer" with no readily identifiable symptoms, but new research challenges this view in the hopes of finding more of the deadly malignancies early.

Because there is no effective screening test to identify early-stage ovarian cancer, roughly three out of four patients are diagnosed with late-stage disease, when the chance for a cure is greatly diminished.

Many patients are misdiagnosed before their cancer is found, with vague symptoms such as pelvic pain and abdominal bloating attributed to other causes.


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