How to Check for Ovarian Cancer

How to check for ovarian cancer?

Because the early symptoms of ovarian cancer are not obvious, many women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the middle and late stages, which increases the difficulty of treatment. Patients with advanced ovarian cancer are unlikely to be cured. Because the early symptoms of ovarian cancer are not obvious, early diagnosis depends on regular screening.

Check the medical history. Generally, the doctor will specifically ask whether there is a history of pelvic mass in the past or the growth of the mass in the recent period. However, women over 40 years old with digestive tract symptoms and unexplained should undergo a gynecological examination. Women generally need to undergo a gynecological examination. However, the examination for ovarian cancer is to examine the parauterine mass, although it is solid or cystic, irregular, poorly mobile, and often bilateral. The triple examination found nodules or masses in the posterior fornix. Some auxiliary examinations are also required for diagnosis, such as B-ultrasound examination, which can understand the size, cysticity, benign or malignant nature of the pelvic mass, and whether there is ascites. Cytological examination of ovarian cancer can obtain ascites tumor cells through abdominal puncture. There is also advanced immune diagnosis. The use of monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies for ovarian epithelial cancer can help early diagnosis. Laparoscopy or laparotomy is a commonly used clinical examination method for ovarian cancer, which can observe the nature and extent of pelvic lesions and perform biopsies.

Due to the compression of ovarian tumors, gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal distension and loss of appetite often occur. If menopausal women often feel abdominal distension and loss of appetite, and no gastrointestinal diseases are found in the gastroenterology examination, they need to be checked in time. Abdominal swelling: Most patients inadvertently feel swelling in the lower abdomen when they wake up in the morning. If the swelling grows rapidly, they should be highly vigilant. It is necessary to perform gynecological B-ultrasound examinations regularly. When the tumor is small, it must rely on B-ultrasound examinations to be discovered. If an ovarian tumor is found to be about 5 cm, regular follow-up and close observation are required.