I need answers ASAP. If someone has ovarian cancer and is in the end stages of the disease?

Question

and suffers from cramping in the stomache and irrelular periods, and lower back pain that is always there etc, how long how they got? What is the prognoses. I need SERIOUS answers please ASAP. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Ovarian cancer is cancer of the ovaries, the eggreleasing and hormone-producing organs of the female reproductive tract. Cancerous, or malignant, cells divide and multiply in an abnormal fashion.

The ovaries are small, almond-shaped organs, located in the pelvic region, one on either side of the uterus. When a woman is in her childbearing years, the ovaries alternate to produce and release an egg each month during the menstrual cycle. The released egg is picked up by the adjacent fallopian tube, and continues down toward the uterus. The ovaries also produce and secrete the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, which regulate the menstrual cycle and pregnancy, as well as support the development of the secondary female sexual characteristics (breasts, body shape, and body hair). During pregnancy and when women take certain medications, such as oral contraceptives, the ovaries are given a rest from their usual monthly duties.

The symptoms stated by you - cramping pain in the stomach and irregular periods, and lower back pain - are not necessarily cancer symptoms and these symptoms can occur in Menopause patients also. I am sure already the patient is under the care of an Oncologist and he will take care and give the required treatments. He would also answer your doubts. With the details given by you it is difficult to tell anything on this forum.

Prognosis for ovarian cancer is very dependent on the stage at which it is first diagnosed. While stage I cancer may have a 95% success rate, stages III and IV may have a survival rate of 17-30% at five years post-diagnosis. Early detection remains an elusive, yet hopeful, goal of research. Also, clinical trials are addressing new drug and treatment combinations to prolong survival in women with more advanced disease. Learning one's family history may assist in early detection, and genetic studies may clarify who is at greater risk for the disease.-

Answer 2

These symptoms are very common for ovarian disease...BUT if one had ovarian cancer they would have a hysterectomy and would not have periods. The female organs are immediately removed for fear of the cancer spreading. So this person does not have any end stage ovarian cancer or has not been properly treated.