By Winnie Yu, Special to Lifescript Stealthy and often deadly, ovarian cancer is the bogey-man of women’s diseases. But modern science is helping women fight back. In this Lifescript exclusive, we talk with ovarian cancer expert Ginger Gardner, M.D., about the latest treatments, symptoms to look for and finding the right doctor… With few symptoms to tip off women with the disease, ovarian cancer claims about 15,000 lives a year. According to the American Cancer Society, 21,550 new cases were diagnosed this year in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society.Ginger Gardner, M.D., a board-certified surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, has made conquering ovarian cancer her life’s mission and has spent more than five years researching and treating this silent killer. She talked with Lifescript about this difficult-to-diagnose cancer:What do we know about ovarian cancer that we didn’t know five years ago? We used to think that ovarian cancer symptoms were too vague to identify. But recent data shows that it isn’t silent – there are symptoms. We just have to watch out for them. Women with the disease may experience bloating, abdominal or pelvic pain, difficulty eating and feeling full quickly. You may also notice the need to urinate more urgently or frequently.But don’t most women have some bloating a few days a month? And who hasn’t experienced abdominal pain? That’s true, but the key is whether the sympto…[...]

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Is It Bloating or Ovarian Cancer?