Ovarian Cancer is the fifth leading cause of death among women in the India and is the most deadly of the gynecologic cancers.
Ovarian Cancer is not an uncommon disease, occurring in 1 of every 75 women
When ovarian cancer is detected early, before it has spread beyond the ovaries, more than 90% of women will survive longer than five years. Only 15% of women are diagnosed in the early stages.
Currently, 50% of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer die from the disease within five years. When diagnosed in advanced stages, the chance of five- year survival is only 45%.
Ovarian cancer is often difficult to diagnose because symptoms may be subtle, are easily confused with other diseases and because there is no single reliable easy-to-administer screening tool.