Ovarian Cancer (The Silent Killer) pt 1

Table of Contents

1. What is ovarian cancer? What are the types of ovarian cancer?

2. Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC)
   Ovarian low malignant potential tumor (OLMPT; borderline tumor)

3. Germ cell ovarian cancers

4. Stromal ovarian cancers

5. What are ovarian cancer statistics?

6. What are ovarian cancer risk factors?

7. What are ovarian cancer symptoms and signs?

8. How do health care professionals diagnose ovarian cancer?

9. How is ovarian cancer staging determined?

10. What is the treatment for ovarian cancer?

What is cancer?
Cancer can be defined as a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.

What is ovarian cancer?
What are the types of ovarian cancer?

The term Ovarian Cancer includes several different types of cancer (uncontrolled division of abnormal cells that can form tumors) that all arise from cells of the ovary. Most commonly, tumors arise from the epithelium, or lining cells, of the ovary.
Or in short Ovarian Cancer is a type of cancer that usually begins in the female organs that produce eggs (ovaries).

These include epithelial ovarian (from the cells on the surface of the ovary), fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal (the lining inside the abdomen that coats many abdominal structures) cancers.

These are all considered to be one disease process. There is also an entity called ovarian low malignant potential tumor; these tumors have some of the microscopic features of a cancer, but tend not to spread like typical cancers.

There are also less common forms of ovarian cancer that come from within the ovary itself, including germ cell tumors and sex cord-stromal tumors. All of these diseases as well as their treatment will be discussed.

Ovarian cancer often goes undetected until it has spread within the pelvis and stomach. At this late stage, ovarian cancer is more difficult to treat and can be fatal.

Ovarian cancer often has no symptoms in the early stages. Later stages are associated with symptoms, but they can be non-specific, such as loss of appetite and weight loss.

Surgery and chemotherapy are generally used to treat ovarian cancer.

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