Be vigilant about ovarian cancer: doctors to women during seminar at PGI

During the seminar, Dr Suri said, ‘’Most Indian women feel shy to discusses such issues and in the process they lose out on precious time. We need to create more awareness among women to fight this life taking disease.’’

Talking to the Newsline she said ‘’Women who want to be able to have children after treatment might be given the option of having an initial surgery that removes only ovary containing cancer, along with the fallopian tube on the same side.’’

Dr Bhavana Rai, Professor , Department of Radiotherapy, PGI, said common symptoms of ovarian cancer include, feeling constantly bloated, a swollen tummy, discomfort in your tummy or in the pelvic area, feeling full quickly when eating, or loss of appetite, needing to pee more often or more urgently than normal.