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More Than Half of Women With Ovarian Cancer Face Delay in Diagnosis

by Sreeraman on August 31, 2009 at 1:00 PM Cancer News

Many women with ovarian cancer can go undiagnosed for months because their symptoms are not always being investigated promptly, warn researchers in a study published on bmj.com today.

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The study identifies three key symptoms associated with ovarian cancer that should help clinicians decide whether to investigate further. Yet one of these symptoms is not included in current guidance for urgent investigation.

Ovarian cancer accounts for 4% of all cancers in women and has the worst prognosis of all gynaecological cancers. Until recently, ovarian cancer was thought to have few symptoms and was often dubbed the �silent killer� but recent studies have shown that symptoms are common and that their early identification has the potential to improve prognosis.

So researchers at the University of Bristol set out to identify key symptoms that could indicate ovarian cancer in women presenting to primary care. They also calculated the positive predictive value for each symptom (the chance that a woman with a particular symptom actually has ovarian cancer).

The study involved 212 women aged over 40 with a diagnosis of primary ovarian cancer and 1,060 healthy controls from 39 general practices in Devon, England.

Seven symptoms were associated with ovarian cancer: abdominal distension, urinary frequency, abdominal pain, postmenopausal bleeding, loss of appetite, rectal bleeding, and abdominal bloating. Some women presenting with the first three of these symptoms waited at least six months before the diagnosis was made.

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