late stage disease

there are few disease, especially cancer that, unfortunately, diagnosed at late stage or terminal stage because they present no symptoms at all till the other organ or systems get affected.

Pancreas cancer is notoriously difficult to treat because patients usually presented to the hospital late. only in late stage that patient will start experiencing some signs, such as yellow discoloration of skin and sclera. vague symptoms like abdomen discomfort, appetite loss and weight loss rarely alert them to come early to doctors

ovarian cancer too is insidious during the early stage, since there is enough space in the lower abdomen for the tumor to grow before it spread to other organ. vague lower abdomen pain, irregular menses and vaginal bleeding tend to be ignore by women and refuse to seek advice from doctors. some conservative ladies even preferred to see female doctors to discuss about menses... ovarian tumor can only be diagnosed for malignancy by histopathological examination, meaning cancer of the ovary can only be confirmed after the tumor is removed via surgery

men who have swelling over neck and chest, or more accurately, breast swelling should confirm the diagnosis by tissue study in health institute to rule out cancer. they tend to ignore the swelling till it progress to late stage