Recommendation Plant-Based Nutrition"...[Am J Epidemiol 139(11): S37, 1994] Consumption of foods containing beta-carotene by 71 women with epithelial cancer of the ovary and 141 matched controls was investigated..."
Ovarian cancer is a malignant (cancerous) tumor that begins in the cells of the ovary. Ovarian cancer can spread to other tissues or organs in the body like lymph nodes, liver, intestines, lungs and brain.
The Condition"...In 70-75% of cases the cancer has spread to other parts of the abdomen before it is detected..." Our Question about abdominal swelling/bloating" Abdominal swelling/bloating/clothes being too tight is a possible early warning sign..."
Recommendation Increased Fish Consumption"Study subjects who ate two or more servings of fish weekly had a much lower risk for esophageal, stomach, colon, rectum, and pancreatic cancers than those who avoided fish..."
Cancer that originates in the ovaries. Women who test positive for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation are at higher risk than the general population for developing breast and ovarian cancer.
Relationship to Iodine Requirement"Geographic differences in the rates of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer appear to be linked to iodine intake, suggesting that low intake may produce increased gonadotrophin stimulation leading to a hyperestrogenic state characterized by a relatively low estriol : (estrone + estradiol) ratio..."
Recommendation Sunlight Exposure" Vitamin D metabolite receptors are found on endocrine and reproductive organs and are known to play a role in inhibiting a number of cancer cell lines..."
Cancer that occurs a woman's ovary.
a nonspecific term for a variety of cancers that originate in the ovary
cancer which begins as abnormal cells in a woman's ovaries
Cancer that affects the ovaries, which are small, almond-shaped female reproductive organs. The ovaries are located deep in the pelvis, one on each side of the uterus.
Cancer of the ovary is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the ovary. Approximately 25,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with this disease each year. The ovary is a small organ in the pelvis that makes female hormones and holds egg cells which, when fertilized, can develop into a baby.
Recent studies link ovulation drugs and increased risk for ovarian cancer.
Recommendation Increased Fish Consumption"...High fish consumption was also associated with lower risks for cancers of the larynx (30 percent lower risk), endometrial cancer (20 percent lower risk), and ovarian cancer (30 percent lower risk)..."
Cancer that forms in tissues of the ovary. Most ovarian cancers are either ovarian epithelial carcinomas (cancer that begins in cells that line the ovary) or malignant germ cell tumors (cancer that begins in egg cells).
Relationship to Selenium Requirement"...Initial serum selenium levels were found to be inversely related to the risk of ovarian cancer..." Recommendation Selenium"...Initial serum selenium levels were inversely related to the risk of ovarian cancer..."
Recommendation Fried Foods Avoidance"...eggs showed the strongest association with fatal ovarian cancer, perhaps due to interference with cholesterol biosynthesis and consequently the manufacture of ovarian hormones from the production of cytotoxic oxidation products of cholesterol..."
The Condition"...Depending on the stage of the disease, conventional treatment options for ovarian cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and biological therapy..."
Recommendation Animal/Saturated Fats Avoidance"...Increasing saturated fat consumption was associated with an increasing risk of ovarian cancer..."
Ovarian cancer is a malignant ovarian neoplasm (an abnormal growth located on the ovaries).