Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Cancer: Introduction

Ovarian Cancer: Cancer of the ovaries. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Ovarian Cancer is available below.

Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

• No early symptoms - there are no major symptoms until late in development
• Vague symptoms
• Abdominal symptoms - often from the spread of ovarian cancer to abdominal areas
  • Abdominal swelling
  • Abdominal bloating
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 33 symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Ovarian Cancer:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
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  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
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  • Home Menopause Tests
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• Vaginal Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Vaginal Infection Tests
  • Home Vaginal PH Tests
  • Home Yeast Infection Tests
  • Home Candida Kits
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Test Kits
  • Home Bladder Test Kits
• Breast Cancer: Related Home Tests:
  • Home Breast Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Breast Lump Detection
• Cancer-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Prostate Testing
  • Home Prostate PSA Antigen Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Testing
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Testing
  • Home Breast Cancer Testing
  • Home Breast Lump Detection Kits
• more tests...»

Ovarian Cancer: Complications

Read more about complications of Ovarian Cancer.

Medical Textbooks Online about Ovarian Cancer

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Ovarian Cancer

• Physical exam
• Pelvic exam
• Ultrasound
• Lower GI series
• CT scan
• more tests...»

See full list of 10 diagnostic tests for Ovarian Cancer

Wrongly Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer?

• Misdiagnosis of Ovarian Cancer
• Failure to diagnose Ovarian Cancer
• Hidden causes of Ovarian Cancer (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Cancer: Medical Mistakes

• Cancer Health Mistakes:
  • Cancer (All) -- Health Mistakes
  • Breast Cancer -- Health Mistakes
  • Colorectal Cancer -- Health Mistakes
• Women's Health Mistakes:
  • Womens Health -- Health Mistakes
  • Contraception -- Health Mistakes
  • Fertility -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Ovarian Cancer: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Ovarian Cancer:

• Mom & Baby
• Pregnancy
• Womens Health
• Cancer
• more product offers...»

Ovarian Cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Ovarian Cancer

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Ovarian Cancer: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Pregnancy & Fertility Health Specialists:
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Womens Health Specialists:
  • Gynecological Oncology
• Cancer Specialists:
  • Oncology (Cancer specialists)
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Radiation Oncology (Diagnostic/X-rays)
  • Hematology (Blood/Leukemia Specialists)
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

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• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Ovarian Cancer

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Ovarian Cancer:

• Cancer (Oncology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Womens Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Ovarian Cancer, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Ovarian Cancer: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Ovarian Cancer

• Lynch II syndrome
• Hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome
• Hereditary ovarian cancer syndrome
• Stomach cancer - ovarian cancer
• Ovarian cysts - ovarian cancer
• more causes...»

See full list of 15 causes of Ovarian Cancer

More information about causes of Ovarian Cancer:

• Underlying causes of Ovarian Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer as a complication caused by other conditions
• Ovarian Cancer as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Ovarian Cancer

Treatments for Ovarian Cancer

• Surgery
  • Hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
  • Surgical lymph node removal
  • Surgical tumor debulking
• Chemotherapy
• more treatments...»

See full list of 11 treatments for Ovarian Cancer

Latest Treatments for Ovarian Cancer

• Chemotherapy
• Radiotherapy
• Cisplatin
• Carboplatin
• Paclitaxel
• more treatments...»

See full list of 23 latest treatments for Ovarian Cancer

News Archives for Ovarian Cancer

Medical news articles related to Ovarian Cancer include:

• Ovarian Cancer Breakthrough Heralds New Era of Treatment
• Chemo Combo Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer
• Catching Ovarian Cancer Early May Miss Aggressive Tumors
• Combo Screening Doesn't Spot Early Ovarian Cancer
• Combo of Tests Might Spot Ovarian Cancer Early
• Fertility Drugs Do Not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
• Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Ovarian Cancer

Medical research articles related to Ovarian Cancer include:

• Evaluation of new platinum-based treatment regimens in advanced-stage ovarian cancer: a Phase III Trial of the Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup
• Ovarian cancer (advanced)
• Adjuvant (post-surgery) chemotherapy for early stage epithelial ovarian cancer
• Use of fertility drugs and risk of ovarian cancer: Danish Population Based Cohort Study.
• Effect of quality of gynaecological ultrasonography on management of patients with suspected ovarian cancer: a randomised controlled trial.
• Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for FIGO Stage I ovarian cancer
• Do we need to screen ladies for ovarian cancer who have a family history of ovarian ca?
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Videos for Ovarian Cancer

Patient Surveys for Ovarian Cancer

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Ovarian Cancer
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Prognosis for Ovarian Cancer

Prognosis for Ovarian Cancer: Ovarian cancer is a particularly aggressive cancer and is rarely detected in its early stages.

More about prognosis of Ovarian Cancer

Reseach about Ovarian Cancer

Visit our research pages for current research about Ovarian Cancer treatments.

Clinical Trials for Ovarian Cancer

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Ovarian Cancer include:

• A Safety and Effectiveness Study of Aroplatin in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Aroplatin (Liposomal NDDP, L-NDDP)
• OVCA-NAC-P2: Study of Chemotherapy Followed by Cytoreductive Surgery for Ovarian, Tubal and Peritoneal Cancers: JCOG0206 - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (Paclitaxel and Carboplatin)
• Safety and Efficacy Study of the Trifunctional Antibody Catumaxomab to Treat Recurrent Symptomatic Malignant Ascites - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - catumaxomab
• ZK-Epo Given With Carboplatin in Patients With Recurrent Ovarian Cancer - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - SH-Y03757A (ZK-Epothilone; ZK-219477) with carboplatin
• Tissue Bank of Biological Specimens From Patients With Gynecologic Disease - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 412 Clinical Trials for Ovarian Cancer

Prevention of Ovarian Cancer

Prevention information for Ovarian Cancer has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Ovarian Cancer.

• Prophylactic ovary removal - early removal of the ovaries; usually only considered for very strongly inherited subtypes.
• more preventions...»

Read more about prevention of Ovarian Cancer

Statistics for Ovarian Cancer

• Medical statistics for Ovarian Cancer
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Ovarian Cancer
• Death and Mortality statistics for Ovarian Cancer
• Society statistics for Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Cancer: Broader Related Topics

• Cancer
• Ovary conditions
• Abdominal Cancer
• more types...»

Types of Ovarian Cancer

Types of Ovarian Cancer

• Epithelial ovarian cancers - about 85-90% of cases
  • Serous cell epithelial ovarian cancer
  • Mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer
  • Endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer
  • Clear cell epithelial ovarian cancer
• more types...»

See full list of 12 Types of Ovarian Cancer

Curable Types of Ovarian Cancer

Possibly curable types of Ovarian Cancer include:

• Serous cystadenoma
• Mucinous cystadenoma
• Granulosa cell tumour
• more types...»

Rare Types of Ovarian Cancer:

Rare types of Ovarian Cancer include:

• Lynch II syndrome
• Arrhenoblastoma
• Sertoli Leydig cell tumour
• Mixed tumours
• Krukenberg tumours
• Sex cord stromal tumour
• more types...»

Stories from Users Related to Ovarian Cancer

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• Question about periods/ovaries
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Definitions of Ovarian Cancer:

A malignant neoplasm originating from the surface ovarian epithelium. It accounts for the greatest number of deaths from malignancies of the female genital tract and is the fifth leading cause of cancer fatalities in women. It is predominantly a disease of older white women of northern European extraction, but it is seen in all ages and ethnic groups. Adenocarcinomas constitute the vast majority of ovarian carcinomas. The pattern of metastatic spread in ovarian carcinoma is similar regardless of the microscopic type. The most common sites of involvement are the contralateral ovary, peritoneal cavity, para-aortic and pelvic lymph nodes, and liver. Lung and pleura are the most common sites of extra-abdominal spread. The primary form of therapy is surgical. The overall prognosis of ovarian carcinoma remains poor, a direct result of its rapid growth rate and the lack of early symptoms. --2002 - (Source - Diseases Database)

Ovarian Cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Ovarian Cancer, or a subtype of Ovarian Cancer, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)