Most women don’t know key symptom of ovarian cancer, charity warns

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A charity has warned that most women do not know that bloating is a key symptom of ovarian cancer, with GPs typically too quick to dismiss the signs.

A poll of 1,000 women for Target Ovarian Cancer found 79 per cent did not know that bloating is a symptom, while 68 per cent were unaware abdominal pain is a sign and nine per cent were unaware that feeling full is another.