Watch as gynecologic oncologist Dr. Barbara Goff discusses the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
Well our researches show that the symptoms that are most commonly associated with ovarian cancer include blotting, increased abdominal size, feeling full quickly, difficulty eating, pelvic abdominal pain, and urinary symptoms. Now as you look at that list of symptoms you can see that there're symptoms that we all have from time to time and just because you have one of the symptoms occasionally, doesn't mean that you have ovarian cancer.
The symptoms that are concerning are that when a symptom persist for more that a couple of weeks, it occurs almost daily or every other day, those are symptoms that are very important to bring to your doctors attention, particularly if you are having more than one of the symptoms.
Experts weigh in with the latest information about ovarian cancer prevention and treatment, including how to spot the symptoms of ovarian cancer and why taking birth control pills may reduce your risk for ovarian cancer.
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