Ovarian cancer

Disease	Injury	Nutrition	Poison

Special Topic	Surgery	Symptoms	Test

Female reproductive anatomy

Ascites with ovarian cancer, CT scan

Peritoneal and ovarian cancer, CT scan

Ovarian cancer dangers

Ovarian growth worries

Uterus

Ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer metastasis

Ovarian cancer

Alternative Names:

Cancer - ovaries

Symptoms:

sense of pelvic heaviness
vague lower abdominal discomfort
vaginal bleeding
weight gain or loss
abnormal menstrual cycles
unexplained back pain that worsens over time
increased abdominal girth
non specific gastrointestinal symptoms:
- increased gas
- indigestion
- lack of appetite
- nausea and vomiting
- inability to ingest usual volumes of food
- bloating

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

Note: There may be no symptoms until late in the disease.

Signs and tests:

Physical examination may reveal increased abdominal girth and /or ascites (fluid within the abdominal cavity). Pelvic examination may reveal an ovarian or abdominal mass.

Tests include:

CBC
blood chemistry
CA125
quantitative serum HCG (blood pregnancy test)
alpha fetoprotein
urinalysis
GI series
laparotomy exploratory
ultrasound
an abdominal CT scan or MRI of abdomen

Review Date: 7/23/2002
Reviewed By: Kevin Knopf, M.D., M.P.H., Hematologist/Oncologist and Director of Clinical Research, Annapolis Oncology/Hematology Center, Annapolis, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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