September is Ovarian Cancer awareness month.
one in fifty women will get a gyn cancer in their lifetime.
OVCA WHISPERS so LISTEN
early detection improves survival rates.
pap smear is not enough.bloating, fatigue,indegestion,other gassy feelings. see a DR get a CA125 blood test. its Important!!

Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women, the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies and the second most commonly diagnosed gynecologic malignancy [2]. It is idiopathic, meaning that the exact cause is unknown. The disease is more common in industrialized nations, with the exception of Japan. In the United States, females have a 1.4 % to 2.5 % (1 out of 40-60 women) lifelong chance of developing ovarian cancer.
Older women are at highest risk. More than half of the deaths from ovarian cancer occur in women between 55 and 74 years of age and approximately one quarter of ovarian cancer deaths occur in women between 35 and 54 years of age.
The risk for developing ovarian cancer appears to be affected by several factors. The more children a woman has, the lower her risk of ovarian cancer. Early age at first pregnancy, older ages of final pregnancy, and the use of some oral contraceptive pills have also been shown to have a protective effect. Ovarian cancer is reduced in women after tubal ligation.
The link to the use of fertility medication has been controversial. An analysis in 1991 raised the possibility that use of drugs tation may increase the risk for ovarian cancer. Several cohort studies and case-control studies have been conducted since then without providing conclusive evidence for such a link with the possible exception that prolonged use (> 1 year) of clomiphene citrate should be avoided.1 It will remain a complex topic to study as the infertile population differs in parity from the “normal” population.
There is good evidence that in some women genetic factors are important. Carriers of certain mutations of the BRCA1 or the BRCA2 gene (especially Ashkenazi Jewish women) are at a higher risk of both breast cancer and ovarian cancer, often at an earlier age than the general population. Patients with a personal history of breast cancer, or a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer, may have an elevated risk. A strong family history of uterine cancer, colon cancer, or other gastrointestinal cancers may indicate the presence of a syndrome known as hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC), which confers a higher risk for developing ovarian cancer. Patients with strong genetic risk for ovarian cancer may consider the use of prophylactic oophorectomy after completion of child-bearing.
Other factors that have been investigated, such as talc use, asbestos exposure, high dietary fat content, and childhood mumps infection, are controversial and have not been definitively proven.
A study funded by American Cancer Society conducted at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute has found a correlation between high levels of lysophospholipids (a type of fatty acid) with ovarian cancer patients and low levels of lysophospholipids with healthy women. This potential biomarker can be detected by a simple blood test. The blood test was 93 % accurate as predictor of ovarian cancer with less than 4 % false positives of the 117 women studied. Other indicators of ovarian cancer could be used to increase accuracy to 100 %. 2

If YOU don’t think something your doctor tells you sounds kosher to you, then get a second opinion. I definitely would with something that serious.

You can probably find the answer to this question by looking through statistics on the disease published by several sources. The American Cancer Society is one place to check for this type of statistic. You will need to download the information:
Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2007-2008http://www.cancer.org/docroot/STT/conten…
The World Health Organization is another source.
Cancer: Incidence, mortality & survival databaseshttp://www.who.int/cancer/resources/inci…
Another source would be International Agency for Research on Cancer:http://www-dep.iarc.fr/http://www.iarc.fr/ENG/Databases/index.p…

i just found out last night that my best friends mom has ovarian cancer and its already spread to her liver and rectom. she went in for a colonoscopy on friday, they told her to go to the gyno, she went monday and by yesterday she was hospitalized. she has to go in for surgery this weekend and then start radiation. what are her chances?

I need to know what all you experience with ovarian cancer. I have been having bad lower back pain on and off for about 1 week now. Occasionally I will have abdominal cramp like once a month for 2 months now.

depends on what type of ovarian cancer. My mothers ovarian cancer was genetically linked, therefore I do have an increase risk.
Inherited gene mutations. The most significant risk factor for ovarian cancer is having an inherited mutation in one of two genes called breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) and breast cancer gene 2 (BRCA2). These genes were originally identified in families with multiple cases of breast cancer, which is how they got their names, but they’re also responsible for about 5 percent to 10 percent of ovarian cancers. You’re at particularly high risk of carrying these types of mutations if you’re of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Another known genetic link involves an inherited syndrome called hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Individuals in HNPCC families are at increased risk of cancers of the uterine lining (endometrium), colon, ovary, stomach and small intestine. Risk of ovarian cancer associated with HNPCC is lower than is that of ovarian cancer associated with BRCA mutations.
Family history. Sometimes, ovarian cancer occurs in more than one family member but isn’t the result of any known inherited gene alteration. Having a family history of ovarian cancer increases your risk of the disease, but not to the same degree as does having an inherited genetic defect. If you have one first-degree relative — a mother, daughter or sister — with ovarian cancer, your risk of developing the disease is 5 percent over your lifetime.

try gilda place… I am not sure of the web address but google gilds radners place… a link will appear. I am not certain if they have anything like that but you can inquire about the tees there.
Or you can have some printed up on your own. Look in your local yellow pages for a screen printing company, they are usually small business owners and cost can be limited, especially for a good cause if you are trying for a fund raiser or a walk.
Best Wishes!

Its called ovarian cancer…not womb cancer…am I being mean? - sorry.

I had non-hodgkins lymphoma in my colon and it spread to my liver and it was the agressive kind and now I’m in remission for three yrs. I also have an ovarian cyst which is the size of a golf ball or more from my x-ray about a year ago and I can feel it. My oncologist sent me to the obgyn but I’ve lost my insurance, so for almost a year now, I haven’t been seen. I’m scared but with no insurance unless you go to the hospital with screaming pain they won’t see you.