Ultrasound Scanning \ Ovarian Screening

Ovarian cancer is an awful disease because it presents late, so a lot of women die because the cancer is well advanced. If you can detect cancers earlier, it may present a better outcome for women.

Risk factors for ovarian cancer include:

FAMILY HISTORY: Between 10% and 20% of women with ovarian cancer have a close female relative who had ovarian or breast cancer. These women may develop ovarian cancer at an earlier age, such as in their 40s, rather than at the more typical age of postmenopausal women in their 50s.
INCREASING AGE: Ovarian cancer most often affects postmenopausal women.
NO FULL-TERM PREGNANCIES: Long-term uninterrupted ovulation increases your risk for developing ovarian cancer.
Early onset (under age 12) of menstrual cycles and older age at menopause.
INFERTILITY: Long-term unprotected sexual intercourse without becoming pregnant appears to be a risk factor over time for ovarian cancer.
LONG-TERM USE OF ESTROGEN: Studies have shown an increased risk with long-term (more than 10 years) estrogen use but no increase in risk with combination hormone (estrogen and progesterone) replacement therapy.
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS): Elevated levels of male hormones (androgens) commonly found in PCOS may increase a woman's risk for ovarian cancer.
A HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER: Women with a history of breast cancer have twice the risk of developing ovarian cancer than women without a history of breast cancer. Women with a family history of breast cancer also have an increased risk for ovarian cancer.

We offer a pelvic ultrasound scan to screen for ovarian cancer.

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An ultrasound examination is a painless medical examination which uses soundwaves to “see” inside the body. No radiation is used in ultrasound. A transducer (which is like a small microphone) is placed over the area of the body being examined. Soundwaves pass through the skin from the transducer and echoes are reflected back to it. Those echoes are converted into electrical signals which can then be viewed as images on a television screen.

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