THE
THE U-S
THE U-S WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER THIS YEAR.
AND MORE THAN 14-THOUSAND WOMEN
WILL DIE FROM THE
CANCER.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN
CANCER
SOCIETY.
CANCER SOCIETY. ALTHOUGH IT'S ONE OF THE
DEADLIEST CANCERS
AMONG WOMEN - SURVIVAL RATES ARE
HIGHEST THECANCER IS
FOUND EARLY.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGIST
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGIST
DOCTOR
DOCTOR JAMES FERRISS -- FROM DELL SETON MEDICAL CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. QUESTION 1---
QUESTION 1--- WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT OVARIAN
OVARIAN
CANCER?
CANCER? OVARIAN CANCER IS CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST
OF THE GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS. THE
CAUSE OF MOST
OVARIAN CANCERS IS STILL
UNKNOWN, BUT RECENT
FINDINGS INDICATE THAT THE MOST
COMMON
COMMON FORM OF OVARIAN CANCER STARTS IN THE FALLOPIAN
TUBES
TUBES INSTEAD OF THE OVARY ITSELF. THE KEY TO BETTER
SURVIVAL
SURVIVAL FROM OVARIAN CANCER IS EARLY
EARLY
DIAGNOSIS. QUESTION 2--- WHAT ARE THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS
OF OVARIAN CANCER?
MANY WOMEN WITH OVARIAN CANCER
REPORT THAT SYMPTOMS SHOW UP AS
SUBTLE,
SUBTLE, PERSISTENT CHANGES IN THEIR BODY. BLOATING, PELVIC AND ABDOMINAL PAIN,
URGENCY OR FREQUENCY OF
URINATION AND FEELING FULL
QUICKLY AFTER EATING CAN BE
WARNING SIGNS OF OVARIAN
CANCER.
QUESTION 3---
IF A WOMAN HAS A PERSISTENT
SYMPTOM, CAN SHE BE
SCREENED
SCREENED FOR OVARIAN CANCER? UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NOT A RELIABLE WAY TO BE
SCREENED FOR OVARIAN CANCER NOW,
BUT PAYING ATTENTION TO SYMPTOMS
AND KNOWING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
PLAY A KEY ROLE IN EARLY
DETECTION. IF A WOMAN
EXPERIENCES AN ABNORMAL CHANGE
IN HER
BODY, SHE SHOULD TALK TO HER
DOCTOR AND CONSIDER
SPECIALTY TESTS SUCH AS A
TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND OR
CA-125
CA-125 BLOOD TEST. IF A WOMAN HAS A FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST OR
OVARIAN CANCERS, SHE SHOULD
SPEAK WITH HER
PROVIDER ABOUT GENETIC TESTING.
WOMEN WITH
SPECIFIC GENETIC MUTATIONS CAN
HAVE VERY HIGH
CHANCES OF DEVELOPING OVARIAN
CANCER. QUESTION 4---
WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SHARE TO WOMEN ABOUT OVARIAN
CANCER?
IF OVARIAN CANCER IS DETECTED
EARLY, THE
CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS VERY HIGH,
AROUND 90 PERCENT. SINCE EARLY
DETECTION OF OVARIAN CANCER CAN
BE A CHALLENGE, AND SYMPTOMS
OFTEN OVERLAP WITH OTHER MEDICAL
CONDITIONS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
WOMEN TO LISTEN TO THEIR BODIES
AND SEEK EVALUATION IF NEEDED.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT WOMEN
TREATED BY A GYNECOLOGIC
ONCOLOGIST HAVE THE BEST CHANCES OF SURVIVAL.
OF SURVIVAL.
THANK
THANK YOU
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY DOCTOR