It is a common practice in women who can report ovarian cancer

The need to go to the toilet often can be a symptom of ovarian cancer, according to a new study. So far, the symptoms that announced the presence of the disease were abdominal pain and feeling full. However, only one fifth of the 1. 000 women surveyed identified frequent bloating as a symptom. However, a 2009 study showed that from 1. 000 women who have to go to the toilet frequently, only three of them have ovarian cancer.

Every year there are about 4 in the UK. 100 deaths due to ovarian cancer, according to data made in March 2016, the month of ovarian cancer awareness. . Ovarian cancer is the fourth type of cancer seen in women, after the breast, lungs and intestine. Considering the common nature of the symptoms, most patients are diagnosed when it is too late.

Only 4% of women believe that what they are experiencing is a symptom of ovarian cancer. Some patients can not even feel the symptoms, Dr. . James P Beirne, lecturer at Queen University in Belfast. Funding for new disease-related research has declined drastically over the past five years (by 34%), despite rising incidence rates.

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