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The American Cancer Society's most recent estimates for
ovarian cancer in the United States are for 2009:
- 21,550 new cases of ovarian cancer
- 14,600 deaths from ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the ninth most common cancer in women (not
counting skin cancer). It ranks fifth as the cause of cancer death in
women. Around half of women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer are
60 or older. It is more common in white women that African-American
women.
A woman's risk of getting invasive ovarian cancer in her
lifetime is about 1 in 71. Her lifetime chance of dying from invasive
ovarian cancer is about 1 in 95. (These statistics do not count LMP
tumors.)
Last Medical Review: 09/14/2009
Last Revised: 09/14/2009
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