Women
get ovarian cancer because they do not know the cause and the risk
factor of it. The article shows that if only every women in the world
knows about the risk of cancer, they can get rid of it.
What women should know?
Every year, 6,800 new cases of ovarian cancer are discovered in the UK,
and there are about 4,650 deaths per year caused by the ovarian cancer.
About 50 percent of ovarian cancer patients are already at an advanced
stage by the time a correct diagnosis is made. She said I had had Stage
IIIc ovarian cancer and she did not know if there was lymph node
involvement.
Women who have a prior history of breast cancer will also have an
increased risk of developing ovarian cancer at some time in their life.
It is also said to be that women is at high risk in her advanced age.
Some other factors are: A family history of osteoporosis. Abnormal
absence of menstrual periods (amenorrhea). Anorexia nervosa. Vitamin D
deficiency. Use of certain medications (corticosteroids, chemotherapy,
anticonvulsants and others).
The statistics for osteoporosis related fractures is downright scary -
according to the NOF, A woman's risk of hip fracture is equal to her
combined risk of breast, uterine and ovarian cancer. One study linked
dairy products to an increased risk of ovarian cancer.
It has been observed that the majority of women with epithelial ovarian
cancer are not diagnosed early enough. Note that radiation is rarely
used in ovarian cancer treatment. In most instances, different kinds of
anticancer drugs are prescribed in combination in order to speed up
ovarian cancer treatment.
