Ovarian cancer

Abstract

Ovarian cancer consistently ranks as the most common cause of death among the gynecologic malignancies. There will be an estimated 16,090 deaths attributable to this illness in the year 2004, and with 25,580 annual new cases of ovarian cancer, it ranks as the fifth most common cancer among females in the United States. The incidence rates for this particular malignancy are higher in white compared to black women.2 The lifetime risk in the general population is 1.4%, with incidence increasing with age up to age 80. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.