Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer, which accounts for around three per cent of all cancers in women, is the eighth most common female cancer. A woman's risk of getting ovarian cancer in her lifetime is 1.5%, and the risk of her dying from it is 1 in 95. Two thirds of ovarian cancer cases occur in women aged 55, or older.
While ovarian cancer rates are dropping, and the odds of survival are good, it’s still important to learn the warning signs and detect any cancerous masses early. Ovarian cysts can be scary, but is it ovarian cancer or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)? Find out how to tell if an Ovarian Mass is Malignant. Then check up on your family history of cancers, and find out how it affects your risk by reading Family History Important for Ovarian Cancer Risk.
If your family history does put you at risk, read about how to reduce it by taking birth control pills.
Educate yourself about ovarian cancer signs, symptoms, and risk factors, then get the nitty gritty on specific types of ovarian cancers, such as Microscopic Cancer of the uterus.
Remember to get a yearly pap test, your doctor may catch vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia, a preinvasive skin lesion of the vulva. Find out how it will affect your cancer risk in Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VIN) and Cancer.
It has recently been discovered that ovarian cancer, once thought to be a silent killer, does have early warning signs. Make sure you know what they are.
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