- Getting pregnant
- Breastfeeding
- Having your ovaries removed (normally, not if you’re a young girl)
The diagnosis
We agreed that if you have the majority of the mentioned symptoms and they appear repeatedly, you should pay your doctor a visit. He/she will start asking when the symptoms began and how they respond with the normal treatment, how often they occur, how you feel at the moment etc.
Than, the doctor will read your and your family’s medical history, especially the ovarian or breast cancer in the women. Than, the doctor will schedule a pelvic exam, which is needed to see if the ovaries are somehow bigger or if there’s additional fluid in your abdomen.
Additional check-up will be needed if:
- Abnormalities show up during the pelvic exam
- Your medical history puts you in the risky zone of getting an ovarian cancer
Than, if the answer to the above is positive, the doctor will recommend an oncologist – a specialist for cancerogenic diseases of the reproductive system and pass you further on with the testing.
The most common tests that are used in the field of medicine for detection of ovarian cancer are:
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