Ovarian cancer Symptoms

Ovarian cancer symptoms.

Early diagnosis would result in better survival,

Most women, report, abdominal pain, or discomfort, an abdominal

mass, bloating, back pain, urinary urgency, constipation,

tiredness, pelvic pain, abnormal vaginal bleeding, or

involuntary weight loss.

There can be a build-up of fluid (ascites) in the abdominal

cavity.

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Cancer cells

It is a cancerous growth, arising from different parts of the

ovary.

Most (90%) cancers, are classified, as "epithelial", and were

believed to arise from the surface,(epithelium) of the ovary.

However, recent evidence, suggests that the Fallopian tube,

could also be the source of some cancers.

Since the ovaries, and tubes,are closely related, to each other,

it is hypothesized, that these cells, can mimic, ovarian cancer.

Other types arise from the egg cells, (germ cell tumor) or

supporting cells.

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New cases diagnosed

In 2004, in the United States, 25,580 new cases were diagnosed

and 16,090 women died of cancer.

The risk increases, with age, and decreases, with pregnancy.

Lifetime risk, is about 1.6%, but women with affected first-

degree relatives have a 5% risk.

Women with a mutated BRCA1, or BRCA2, gene, carry a risk between

25% and 60% depending on the specific mutation.