Ovarian cancer

Signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer symptoms are:

• frequent – they usually happen more than 12 times a month;
• persistent – they don’t go away;
• new – they are not normal for you and may have started in the last year;
  • persistent pelvic or abdominal pain (that’s your tummy and below)
  • increased abdominal size/persistent bloating – not bloating that comes and goes
  • difficulty eating or feeling full quickly
  • urinary symptoms (needing to wee more urgently or more often than usual).

Occasionally there are other symptoms:

• changes in bowel habits;
• extreme fatigue (feeling very tired);
• unexplained weight loss.

If you experience any of these symptoms, it is important that you see your GP.