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Ovarian cancer

Carcinoma ovarii · Rakovina vaječníků

female only

What it is

Often starts in the fallopian tube and spreads silently across the abdomen.

Symptoms & signs

  • Persistent bloating
  • early fullness
  • pelvic pain
  • urinary urgency
  • weight loss
  • symptoms often dismissed for months

🚩 Get help if…

  • call 112 / 911 now Sudden severe lower belly pain with vomiting
  • see a doctor soon Bloating most days for 3 weeks or more
  • see a doctor soon Feeling full quickly or pelvic pain most days
  • see a doctor soon New urgent urination or bowel change after 50

Where it strikes

Medical treatment

  • Debulking surgery
  • platinum-taxane chemotherapy
  • PARP inhibitors (olaparib) especially if BRCA
  • bevacizumab
  • genetic testing
  • mirvetuximab (Elahere) for platinum-resistant FRα-positive cancer — approved (FDA 2022, EMA 2024)

Natural & lifestyle

  • Risk-reducing surgery if BRCA positive
  • combined pill lowers risk
  • awareness of persistent symptoms

Emerging & experimental

  • CtDNA monitoring
  • opportunistic salpingectomy as prevention

Alternative, off-label & anecdotal

Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.

  • Mistletoe extract — quality-of-life benefit in some studies mixed evidence
  • Ginger for chemotherapy nausea — trials show benefit mixed evidence
  • Metformin — observational data suggest better survival early / small studies

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