What are the symptoms of advanced ovarian cancer

What are the symptoms of advanced ovarian cancer?

Ovarian cancer is a common tumor disease in women and is basically malignant.

Symptoms of advanced ovarian cancer:

1. Ascites and abdominal masses

Advanced ovarian cancer can cause abdominal distension, abdominal masses, and ascites. When the tumor is small, it is only in the pelvis. As the tumor grows, it can quickly outgrow the pelvis, causing abdominal masses, distension, and ascites.

2. Rapid tumor growth

Due to the rapid growth of the tumor, nutrients in the body are taken away by tumor cells, leading to severe malnutrition and weight loss, and the formation of malignant fluid.

3. Tumor compresses organs

As the tumor grows rapidly, it compresses various organs, causing compression symptoms in various organs of the body, such as bladder compression, frequent urination, dysuria, and urinary retention; compression of the rectum causes difficulty in defecation; compression of the gastrointestinal tract causes digestive symptoms; compression of the diaphragm can cause dyspnea and inability to lie flat. When the tumor infiltrates surrounding tissues or compresses nerves, the late symptoms of ovarian cancer can cause abdominal pain, back pain, or sciatica. If the pelvic veins are compressed, lower limb edema may occur.

4. Tumor metastasis

Advanced ovarian cancer can cause various symptoms of tumor metastasis. If both ovaries of a patient are destroyed by cancer cells, it can cause menstrual disorders or even amenorrhea. Lung metastasis can cause coughing and coughing up blood. Bone metastasis can cause bone pain. Digestive tract metastasis can cause blood in the stool. If the tumor grows wildly in the intestine, it can cause intestinal obstruction.

5. Low back pain and abdominal pain

Patients with ovarian cancer generally do not experience pain, but if the ovarian cancer ruptures, bleeds or becomes infected, infiltrates and compresses nearby organs, late-stage symptoms such as abdominal pain and back pain may occur.