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Ovarian Cancer:
How Early Detection Can Save Lives Did you know?
Around 1/3 people who have high blood pressure do not know they have it Source: 2006 Health Survey For England
Dear Doctor emphasises the importance of early diagnosis in ovarian cancer
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ome 7,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year, but the long-term survival outcomes have remained relatively static—and unpromising—for decades. today, just 35 out of every 100 women diagnosed with this disease survive for 10 years or more and almost 50 percent will survive their cancer for five years or more (source: cancer research UK). why has the fifth most common cancer in the UK for women become one of the deadliest? as with all cancers, early detection is absolutely crucial. around 90 percent of women who are diagnosed with stage one ovarian cancer will live for five years or more after diagnosis,
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Did you know? Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women, after breast, lung, bowel and womb cancer Source: Cancer Research UK
compared to just 20 percent and five percent for those diagnosed at stages three and four respectively. however, most ovarian cancers are only detected when they’re advanced, because the disease in its early stages presents with either no symptoms, or symptoms that are often vague and mistakenly attributed to other, less serious conditions. we urgently need women across the country to be more aware about the early warning signs of ovarian cancer—so what are they? the symptoms that occur frequently in women with ovarian cancer include feeling constantly bloated, pelvic and abdominal pain, a swollen abdomen, loss of appetite, feeling full quickly or feeling nauseous. other symptoms
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