Ovarian Cancer In Women

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Women are a vulnerable population and are affected by a lot of chronic diseases such as cancer. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer and it is the seventh most common cancer to cause death in women. More than 70% of the women have advanced stage of the disease; most patients have a relapse of the cancer despite getting proper treatment and surgery [12].If women had more knowledge about ovarian cancer they would be able to identify the symptoms early , thus prevention of delayed diagnosis and an increased survival rate . More awareness is needed on ovarian cancer which is a silent killer. Awareness of ovarian cancer can be done by having more campaigns or advertisements relating to the signs and symptoms and the screening method

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