She said: 'As I sat in my GP’s office, as she reeled off symptoms for ovarian cancer, I wasn’t overly worried. HOW TO SPOT OVARIAN CANCER Ovarian cancer is where the disease originates from the cells in and around the ovary. In the majority of cases, ovarian cancer affects women over the age of 50, or postmenopausal women. Survival rates by stage: Stage I ovarian cancer: 92 percentStage II ovarian cancer: 70 percentStage III ovarian cancer: 39 percentStage IV ovarian cancer: 17 percentA pathology report also confirmed she had ovarian cancer, which doctors believe was the primary cancer which had spread to her peritoneum and her omentum. Now, she is working with the charity Target Ovarian Cancer to raise awareness of the signs to look out for.

Source: Daily Mail December 04, 2017 08:57 UTC