Statistics
- Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among US women.
- Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all gynecologic cancers.
- In 2008 it was projected that 21,650 new cases of ovarian cancer would be diagnosed in the United States.
- The 2008 projection was that15,520 women would die from ovarian cancer that year.
- The median age at death for ovarian cancer from 2001-2005 was 71 years of age.
- 19% of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed with the cancer still contained to the localized area.
- 7% of the cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed after the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or directly beyond the primary site.
- 5-year survival rates for ovarian cancer are: 92.7% for localized, 71.1% for regional, 30.6% for distant, and 26.0% for unstaged.
- 90% of ovarian cancers are epithelial.
- The risk of ovarian cancer occurrence for the general population is about 1.7%.
- 3 out of 4 women diagnosed will have a recurrence.
- Ovarian cancer accounts for more than half of the deaths from cancer for women between age 55 and 74.
- Ovarian cancer is very expensive to treat with the cost of surgery and chemotherapy, but insurance is used to cover the costs.
Ovarian Cancer Rates by State- 2008
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