{"id":9387,"date":"2026-05-16T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=9387"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:31:48","slug":"the-deadly-ovarian-cancer-signs-no-one-should-ignore-bloating-irregular-bleeding-and-more-frequent-toilet-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=9387","title":{"rendered":"The deadly ovarian cancer signs no one should ignore: Bloating, irregular bleeding and more frequent toilet trips"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Ovarian cancer<\/a> has long been dubbed a ‘silent killer’ because its symptoms are all too easy to overlook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s one of the eleven cancers on the rise, driven exclusively by increasing numbers of young women developing the disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Studies are yet to pinpoint a precise reason for the surge, but experts from Imperial College London<\/a> believe rising obesity rates and smoking are likely to play a role.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK, with a staggering\u00a07,7000 new cases every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is also one of the\u00a0deadliest forms of the disease, with just 40 per cent of women surviving for ten or more years after diagnosis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are roughly 4,000 deaths from ovarian cancer in the UK every year, mostly because the disease is typically diagnosed at a late stage, when treatment is more difficult.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The earliest symptoms of ovarian cancer are often vague and easily dismissed by GPs as signs of other – less severe – gynaecological conditions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

With this in mind, these are the classic warning signs that every woman needs to be aware of and should never be ignored.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\"It's <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s estimated that there are more than 7,700 new cases of ovarian cancer in the UK each year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What is ovarian cancer?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ovarian cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the ovaries or fallopian tubes grow and divide, until a tumour forms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If it’s not caught early, cancer cells can grow into the surrounding tissues and spread to other areas of the body – where the disease is a lot harder to treat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ovaries are the two glands buried deep within the pelvis, involved in a woman’s menstrual cycle and fertility. This is also where the hormones oestrogen and progesterone are made.<\/p>\n

As a result of their positioning, symptoms can be vague or mistaken for gastrointestinal issues like irritable bowel syndrome, bloating or even urinary tract infections (UTIs).\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are the types of ovarian cancer?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are several types of ovarian cancer, which depend on where exactly in the female reproductive system the disease begins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most common, accounting for around 90 per cent of cases, and occurs when the cancer develops on the surface of the ovary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This type of cancer also includes cancer of the fallopian tube, which connects to ovary to the uterus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Germ cell cancers are much rarer and tend to affect younger women in their twenties and thirties, starting in the cells that develop into eggs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sex cord stromal tumours account for just five per cent of cases, and begin in the tissue that supports the ovaries and produce hormones.\u00a0<\/p>\n