Being colic and indigestion might cause you to think of gastritis but please do not be so sure because they might be the sign of Ovarian cancer. For that case, there is the report showing as it is one of the disease with high death rate.
Why the ovarian cancer have the high death rate?
Ovarian cancer is the top disease causing high possibility of death in women because cancer is usually found during the late stage. Also some unclear signals are shown during the first stage such as, angina. Thus, when the disease is detected, it might be too late for a patient to be cured.
Apart from angina, the Ovarian cancer patient may have these following symptoms…
Mostly, patients will have some similar symptoms to stomachache, for instance, indigestion, abdomen, having flatulence and feeling uncomfortable in the stomach. However, if the cancer spreads to the nearby organs, they may have a constipation, diarrhea, frequent urination as well as nausea, vagina bleeding, weight loose or gain with unknown causes.
How we can know whether we are at risk of having the Ovarian cancer or not?
Observation, such as, making a record of period or self-detecting to the lumps on the body as well as receiving a pelvic examination with obstetrician is considered as the primarily way before taking a serious check like ultrasound or blood testing. Still, it can also be used to detect some types of cancer.
What are the processes Ovary cancer treatment?
· Surgery is the main treatment for the beginning stage such as small cancer cell.
· Chemotherapy is the use of medicine to stop the growth of cancer cell which can be in form of pills and injection.
· Radiation therapy is the use of radiation in order to kill cancer cell and make it become smaller.
· Targeted therapy , the use of medicine that specifically affects the cancer cell. This method will not harm any of the nearby cells as the chemotherapy or radiation.
According to the cause of ovarian cancer is still unclear, for that reason, we can only detect the abnormality along with annual health checkup to create more possibilities of finding the disease in the early stage, especially in women over 50-60 years of age or those with menopause who have a high risk of having the Ovarian cancer.
