The risk of ovarian cancer has increased rapidly among Indian women. This cancer is the third most common type of cancer in India. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the incidence of ovarian cancer in India is estimated to be around 6.8 per 1,00,000 women. Ovarian cancer occurs when cancer cells in the ovaries start growing uncontrollably.
Ovarian cancer is a silent killer
Ovarian cancer acts like a very silent killer. If its symptoms are detected in the beginning, then treatment is possible, but when it spreads to other parts of the body, then treatment becomes very difficult in such a situation.
Due to these reasons, ovarian cancer is increasing rapidly in Indian women
According to the news published in India Today, Dr. Babita Bansal Singh, Senior Consultant of Radiation Oncology at Andromeda Cancer Hospital, Sonipat, said that the risk of ovarian cancer increases with age. These reasons also increase the risk of ovarian cancer in women. Such as obesity, family history of ovarian cancer, not being pregnant and endometriosis, frequent visits to the toilet, possibility of swelling and pain in the stomach, difficulty in eating, feeling full, feeling like a tumor or lump in the lower abdomen, bloating, constipation and gas and indigestion.
There is a problem of sudden weight loss or weight gain. But despite these symptoms, it is very difficult to detect ovarian cancer, so it is called a silent killer. Dr. Priyanka Suhag, consultant of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at CK Birla Hospital in Delhi, said that this is because often the symptoms are detected when the cancer has grown too much.
Ovarian cancer is called a silent killer because it usually does not show any specific symptoms in its first stage. By the time this cancer is detected, it has spread too much. Sometimes ovarian cancer appears without any symptoms.
Why is the risk of ovarian cancer increasing in Indian women?
Bad diet and lifestyle. This can be one of the reasons for delay in having a child.
Earlier, children were born at the right age, but now women prefer to have children only after the age of 30. Pollution and chemicals also have a bad effect on women.
The risk of ovarian cancer also increases significantly due to inherited mutations in genes such as BRCA1 and BRCA2.
The risk of ovarian cancer increases after the age of 50. It is more common among women who have never been pregnant. Those who do not have periods have a rapidly increasing risk of ovarian cancer.
Every year more than 25,000 new cases are identified. Due to which it is a matter of great tension for the health department.
Conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis may increase the risk of ovarian cancer.
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