Ovarian cancer symptoms

Ovarian cancer symptoms

What can be the symptoms of ovarian cancer?   Ovarian cancer can be hard to find in the earliest stages, as women are more likely to have symptoms when the disease has spread beyond the ovaries. However, it can be detected because, sometimes, even at an early...
Ovarian cancer protective factors

Ovarian cancer protective factors

What are the ovarian cancer protective factors?   A risk factor is one that changes the chances of suffering from a disease such as, in this case, cancer. But, and a protective factor? Contrary to a risk factor, a protection factor is all that situation, context...
Ovarian cancer risk factors

Ovarian cancer risk factors

What are the risk factors for ovarian cancer?   A risk factor is one that changes the chances of suffering from a disease such as, in this case, cancer. Different types of cancer have different risk factors. However, they do not indicate everything. Showing one...
First dissertation on ovarian cancer preoperative evaluation

First dissertation on ovarian cancer preoperative evaluation

Physician Katty Rosario Delgado Barriga, specialist in radiodiagnosis and member of the Multidisciplinary Unit of Abdominopelvic Oncological Surgery at the General University Hospital of Castelló, defended her PhD thesis in June at Universitat Jaume I The study...
Ovarian Cancer in Spain

Ovarian Cancer in Spain

According to the Spanish Association Against Cancer, ovarian cancer is the fourth most frequent among women, with approximately 205.000 new cases per year worldwide. It represents between 4 and 5% of female tumors. In Spain, about 3.300 cases per year are diagnosed....