Ovarian Cancer

The sooner ovarian cancer is found and treated, the better your chance for recovery. But ovarian cancer is hard to detect early. Many times, women with ovarian cancer have no symptoms or just mild symptoms until the disease is in an advanced stage and hard to treat.

Symptoms may include:

• Heavy feeling in pelvis

• Pain in lower abdomen

• Bleeding from the vagina

• Weight gain or loss

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

According to the Mayo Clinic, the symptoms of ovarian cancer tend to mimic those of other conditions, including digestive disorders, and it's not unusual for a woman with ovarian cancer to be diagnosed with another condition before finally learning she has cancer.