According to statistics, ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer among women and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 20,000 new cases of ovarian cancer diagnosed this year and about 15,000 women die from ovarian cancer this year.
Ovarian cancer is often called the silent murderer, because its symptoms can bethin, which delayed diagnosis and poorer outcomes. However, if ovarian cancer is detected early, nearly nine in ten women who live at least five years with the disease.
Ovarian cancer begins in cells of the ovary or ovaries. The ovaries are two small organs, which are oval, deep in the pelvis on both sides of the uterus (womb), near the end of the fallopian tubes. The ovaries are the female reproductive system.
Each month, women of childbearing age, one of the ovaries releases an egg (ovum). This is called ovulation. The egg travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus, where it can be fertilized by a sperm and become a fetus. If the egg is fertilized, is paid as part of a month.
The ovaries produce the female hormones estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen and progesterone help to control the reproduction and sexual development. As a woman agesreaches menopause, the ovaries produce less of these hormones and periods gradually stop.
If not detected ovarian cancer and left untreated can spread from the ovaries to other pelvic organs such as the fallopian tubes, uterus, rectum, colon or bladder.
In the more advanced ovarian cancer can spread to other parts of the body such as the liver or lungs.
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