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BY Cynthia DeMarco

Cervical cancer can be detected with a Pap test. Breast cancer can be detected with mammograms and clinical breast exams. But ovarian cancer does not have a routine screening exam to detect it in its earliest stages.

So, how is ovarian cancer typically diagnosed? And, is there anything you can do to prevent it? We asked Travis Sims, M.D., a gynecologic oncologist. Here’s what he had to say. 

How is ovarian cancer usually...

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BY Tara Kirk

When I was 6 years old, my mother died from cancer. She was only 35, and at the time, her death came as a shock to everyone in our family....

BY Leslie Medley-Russell

I was in Mexico in the summer of 2013 when I came down with a bad case of diarrhea. That’s a pretty common complaint among travelers, so I...

BY Kellie Bramlet

New results from the world's largest ovarian cancer screening study demonstrate that a strategy that starts with a simple blood test called CA-125 may result in fewer ovarian cancer deaths. That's because the CA-125-based strategy identifies more women with ovarian cancer in earlier stages.

While the study is a significant step forward for early detection, it may be years before ovarian cancer screening guidelines change....

BY Natalie Arneson

I recently found out that I carry the BRCA 1 genetic mutation, and I'm not freaking out.

The mutation means that I have a crazy high...

BY Erika Archer Lewis

It's difficult to condense the emotional and physical tolls that a mastectomy brings. It's life-changing, but so worth it.

After...

BY Erika Archer Lewis

Twenty years ago, while a college senior, I spent weekends commuting from Austin to Houston to care for my 42-year-old mother. She was battling...

BY Kellie Bramlet

For Terry Arnold, the decision to undergo genetic testing was simple. A triple-negative inflammatory breast cancer survivor, she wanted her...