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    Report: Women Everywhere Don't Know Enough About Ovarian Cancer

    A new study shows that slow rates of diagnosis and delayed access to treatment are the norm around the world.
    by Joanne Silberner Oct 21, 2018 3 minutes
    This CT scan through the pelvis shows a large cystic mass (green) which is a cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary (ovarian cancer).

    A new study of women with ovarian cancer shows that ignorance about the condition is common among patients in all 44 countries surveyed. And that ignorance has a cost. The disease is more treatable, even potentially curable, in its early stages.

    The women's answers also suggested their doctors were ignorant. Many of them reported that diagnosis took a long time and that they weren't referred to proper specialists.

    The study was based on an online survey of 1,531 women who had been diagnosed with the cancer

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