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A simple way to find out if you are at risk of ovarian cancer.

Dear ladies, please tell me, how often do you have unpleasant sensations in your abdomen: enlargement, feeling of overflow? I think everyone has experienced it at least once in their life. These symptoms are usually associated with some kind of digestive disorder. But did you know that these symptoms can be early manifestations of ovarian cancer? And it is precisely because the early symptoms of this disease are so nonspecific or absent - most malignant ovarian tumors are diagnosed at a late stage.

What is ovarian cancer? It is a malignant tumor that ranks first in terms of mortality among all cancers of the reproductive system in women. More than 100,000 women die every year in the world! Such sad statistics is largely due to the above-mentioned reason - late diagnosis. According to statistics, 60-80% of all cases of ovarian cancer are detected at a late stage and end in death. If this disease is diagnosed in time, i.e. at an early stage, less than 10% of cases end in death!

A legitimate question arises: "How can oncology be detected at an early stage?" There is a simple answer to this - periodic examinations by specialists. Modern medicine has in its arsenal a huge range of instrumental and laboratory methods of research, which have become indispensable in making a diagnosis. Laboratory diagnostics plays one of the leading roles in the comprehensive examination. For example, to detect cancer, it is possible to determine the level of substances called oncomarkers. These are proteins, the level of which increases in the blood, as a rule, if there is some oncological process in the body.

To diagnose ovarian cancer, OLYMP CDL offers you an innovation related to the detection of oncomarkers called HE 4 and CA 125. The detection of these substances is not new in itself, but in recent studies, scientists have established a link between the levels of these substances and ovarian cancer. Based on their research, the researchers developed an algorithm called ROMA (Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm), which is a mathematical model that calculates the probability of ovarian cancer at different values of oncomarkers CA 125 and HE 4, taking into account the patient's menopausal status. This algorithm makes it possible to diagnose ovarian malignancy at an early stage with high specificity. Even if your symptoms are non-specific or absent, this test can help diagnose cancer at the very beginning of the disease. By doing so, you increase the probability of a favourable outcome many times over!

Cancer is not a death sentence! But don't forget that statistics are inexorable: the earlier the diagnosis is made, the higher the probability of cure. Given modern diagnostic capabilities, almost all diseases can be detected at early stages and cured. But, unfortunately, we often ignore our body and start "sounding the alarm" when it is too late.

Take care of your health!

Now if you or your attending physician have suspicions of ovarian tumor process, you can take tests for CA 125 and HE 4 in any treatment room of OLYMP CDL branches, of which there are more than 180 on the territory of Kazakhstan, and get the calculation according to ROMA algorithm absolutely free of charge.

*The final decision in cancer diagnosis is made by an oncologist.