PTSD might increase risk of Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer ranks fifth among the most-common cause of cancer-related death among U.S. women.

According to the research conducted by Moffitt Cancer Center and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, women who have the indications and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at greater risk of contracting ovarian cancer than women who had no PTSD symptoms.
Studies conducted on mice show stress and stress hormones can accelerate ovarian tumor swelling, chronic stress can be a cause behind the larger and more invasive tumors.