While teaching a class on female cancers, the instructor emphasizes to the nursing students that many patients with ovarian cancer may display
A) abdominal pain, bloating, feeling full quickly after ingesting food.
B) pain after intercourse, bleeding irregularities, perineal tenderness.
C) colicky low abdominal pain, adnexal mass present without palpation.
D) lower abdominal pain localized to one side, referred shoulder pain.

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Symptoms that are believed to have a strong correlation to ovarian cancer include abdominal pain, increased abdominal size or bloating, and difficulty in eating or feeling full quickly after ingesting food. Pain and bleeding after intercourse are usually associated with an inflammatory process. Colicky low abdominal pain and adnexal mass are associated with cancer of the fallopian tube. Localized abdominal pain to one side with referred shoulder pain is common in ectopic pregnancy.

While Teaching a Class on Female Cancers, the Instructor Emphasizes