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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Because there are few early symptoms, ovarian cancer is often diagnosed in advanced stages and kills more women than any other gynecological cancer.
Ovarian cancer symptoms are often subtle and easily confused with symptoms for other disorders.
Ovarian cancer has been called the "Silent Killer" and "The Disease That Whispers" because the symptoms can be vague and assigned to some other illness.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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The Ovarian Cancer Alliance is a non-profit organization that raises awareness of the symptoms, risk factors of ovarian cancer.
Because symptoms are subtle, most cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed only after they reach advanced stages.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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We are aware that the diagnosis of ovarian cancer can be very difficult for GPs as the symptoms can be so vague and they may see only a few cases of the disease in their entire careers.
Most ovarian cancers are found at an advanced stage because there are no effective screening tests (until recently) and they produce no symptoms until they are in an advanced stage.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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If Ovarian Cancer is suspected there are a number of tests that can be performed to help the doctor decide whether symptoms are due to Ovarian Cancer or to other causes.
Early symptoms for Ovarian Cancer do exist The symptoms are often vague and can be mistaken for other benign conditions.
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