3.+Clinical+Manifestations

=**Signs and Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer**= The clinical manifestations of ovarian differ between early stages and later stages of the cancer.

Early stages (Lewis et al, 2007).
 * 1) General abdominal discomfort, i.e. gas, indigestion, pressure, persistent bloating, cramps
 * 2) Sense of pelvic heaviness
 * 3) Loss of appetitie
 * 4) Feeling of fullness
 * 5) Change in bowel habits

Later stages (Lewis et al, 2007).
 * 1) Increase in abdominal girth
 * 2) Bowel and bladder dysfunction
 * 3) Persistent pelvic and abdominal pain
 * 4) Mentrual irregularities
 * 5) Ascites

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