Marcos Ballester is professor of medicine and head of the department of gynecological and breast surgery at the Deaconesses Croix Saint-Simon hospital group in Paris. He calls for the creation of complex management centers for this disease.
LE FIGARO. – Ovarian cancer is rare. What are its main symptoms?
P:r: Marcos Ballester. – Ovarian cancer is a really rare disease, with about 5,000 new cases in France every year. Unfortunately, it is a pathology that is silent for a long time and becomes symptomatic only with local development. Then the patient may express abdominal pain, increased abdominal volume, transit disturbances, deterioration of the general condition, fatigue, weight loss, weight loss. The disease mainly affects postmenopausal women, but not exclusively.
What does support consist of?
Treatment is most often based on association…
Source: Le Figaro
