evaluation of ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors in patients of hazrat-e-rasool and Shahid Akbarabadi hospitals

ABSTRACT

Ovarian cancer is the most fatal gynecologic malignancy. New methods for detecting this cancer, has no significant effect on patients survival. One of the most important reasons is this fact that patients detect lately. Therefore identification of this cancer symptoms and signs can be effective in its early diagnose and reduction of mortality. This investigation was a cross sectional study that was performed on 89 patients with ovarian cancer and 89 people as control group. The collection of data was done to according of questionnaire of ovarian cancer risk factors and patients complains. Then data was compared between two groups and analyzed by SPSS version 16 software. The incidence of ovarian cancer was 0.67%. 20.8% of patient group had infertility or nulliparity history. Incidence of cancer in these patients significantly was more than other in this group [p=0.03]. Using oral contraceptive has a prophylactic effect [p<0.01]. The correlation between breast cancer history and incidence of ovarian cancer was significant [p<0. 01]. Abdominal pain, sense of abdomen or pelvic mass, infertility, gastrointestinal problems and abnormal uterine bleeding must be considered as other important symptoms as well. According to results of investigation, incidence of mentioned symptoms must be noticed for rule out of ovarian cancer, specifically in patients who have ovarian cancer risk factors