Ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer is a disease that all women fear.  The fear is based on the fact that the symptoms of the disease typically do not manifest until the disease reaches advanced stages, at which time it is virtually incurable.

Ovarian cancer  accounts for 3% of all cancers among U.S. women and is the second most common gynecological cancer.  The American Cancer Society estimates that there are approximately 22,000 new cases of ovarian cancer each year.  About 15,000 women are expected to die of the disease annually.  Ovarian cancer kills more women than all of the other gynecolical cancers combined and is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States.