title: Symptomatology of ovarian cancer.
abstract: The symptomatology of ovarian cancer was retrospectively reviewed in 362 patients. According to the stage at diagnosis, the disease was classified as early (stages IA-IIA) or advanced (stages IIB-IV). The most common initial symptoms were abdominal swelling and/or palpable tumour, pain and gastro-intestinal symptoms. The initial symptoms, however, were not necessarily those that prompted the patients to seek medical advice. Most were first seen by a gynecologist, which possibly explains the shortness of doctor's delay in the urbanized catchment region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Flam
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Einhorn
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sjövall
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*