How do i know if i have ovarian cancer?

Ovarian cancer may cause several signs and symptoms. Women are more likely to have symptoms if the disease has spread, but even early-stage ovarian cancer can cause them. read more

There is no single blood test that shows whether you have ovarian cancer. The main one that you may get is called the CA-125 test. It looks for a protein linked to ovarian cancer cells. But it’s not enough to make a diagnosis. Some rarer types of ovarian cancer raise levels of other substances in the blood. read more

Unlike breast, uterine, and cervical cancers which have screenings and can be detected early, only about 20 percent of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed before they’re advanced. The good news is that if ovarian cancer is diagnosed and treated early, 94 percent of women will live five years or more. read more

When cancer cells do this, it’s called metastasis. To doctors, the cancer cells in the new place look just like the ones from the ovary. Cancer is always named for the place where it starts. So when ovarian cancer spreads to the liver (or any other place), it’s still called ovarian cancer. It’s not called liver cancer. read more