Check the CA125
Is a blood test used to diagnose or exclude ovarian cancer in women. CA125 is a protein found in the blood produced by ovarian cancer cells. There are other reasons that may increase the level of CA125 in the blood, such as menstruation, endometriosis or tumors This test is recommended to work without the symptoms of the infection that we will recognize. Most ovarian cancer cases occur in women between the ages of 55-75 years.
There are two ovaries in the woman on both sides of the uterus in the pelvis, and the task of the ovary is the production of eggs for reproduction, and ovaries have an important role in women; it plays a major role in the manufacture of hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Ovarian Cancer Symptoms
Ovarian cancer is known as silent killer because its symptoms are believed to appear only in advanced stages. It is difficult to cure if the condition is not diagnosed early. However, there are some symptoms that appear on the infected woman:
- There is bleeding in the vagina.
- Disorders in the menstrual cycle.
- Increase the thickness of the wall of the uterus in women suddenly.
- The presence of the pain in the back area.
Prevention of ovarian cancer
- Periodic examination of women to detect diseases that may not show symptoms, therefore, through repeated tests can detect ovarian cancer early.
- If you have some of the symptoms that you mentioned you should go to the doctor to detect and know the disease and carry out a screening of CA125 through which you can know if there is cancer in the ovaries and the treatment in three ways are:
- Surgery where cancer tumors are removed and removed.
- Take chemotherapy drugs to kill tumors and get rid of them.
- Radiation therapy.
Types of ovarian tumors
The types of tumors that can begin to grow in the ovaries are many; some are benign (non-cancerous) and not spread in the body, and can be treated easily by removing the ovary or the part containing the tumor, and there are malignant types (malignant cancer), and this can spread In the body, cancer tumors can be classified by the type of cells in which the tumor began. There are three main types of ovarian tumors:
- Bacterial cell tumors: These tumors begin from cells that produce ovaries.
- Stromal tumors: It starts from the connective tissue cells and produces estrogen and progesterone.
- Epithelial tumors: These tumors begin to appear on the ovary cover.