Earlier this week, I posted about ovarian cancer and preserving fertility among women who are still in their childbearing years (Ovarian Cancer, Young Women & Fertility).
But other than knowing that ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose and it’s survival rate is not good because of the difficulty diagnosing it in the early stages, how much do you know about it?
Ovarian cancer, one of the gynecological cancers, along with uterine, endometrial, cervical and vaginal cancers, affects mostly women over the age of 50, or post menopause. Younger women do develop ovarian cancer but it’s not as common. While doctors don’t know …read more

Ovarian cancer is a particularly difficult cancer to treat. The best way to beat cancer is to catch it early, something that’s not easy for ovarian cancer because of its vague symptoms. It most often strikes older women (over age 50 years), but up to 17% of women with ovarian cancer are under the age of 40 years, say researchers. Statistics show that about 21,650 women in the United States were diagnosed with the disease in 2008.
If a woman develops ovarian cancer in her child-bearing years and hasn’t had children, a big concern often becomes preserving fertility because treatment is …read more