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Ovarian cancer

How common is ovarian cancer?

Here's what we know about how many people get ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer in women in the United States (not counting skin cancer).

Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ovarian cancer: reducing the burden.
July 2006. Available at http://www.cdc.gov (accessed on 14 December 2006).

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Every year, about 25,580 American women are told they have ovarian cancer, and about 16,090 women die from it.

Source:
American Cancer Society.
Cancer facts and figures 2008.
2004. Available at http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/2008CAFFfinalsecured.pdf (accessed on 17 April 2009).

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About half the women who get ovarian cancer are over the age of 65.
An average American woman has about a 1 in 60 chance of getting ovarian cancer in her lifetime.

Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ovarian cancer: reducing the burden.
July 2006. Available at http://www.cdc.gov (accessed on 14 December 2006).

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Sources for the information on this page:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Ovarian cancer: reducing the burden.July 2006. Available at http://www.cdc.gov (accessed on 14 December 2006).

American Cancer Society.Cancer facts and figures 2008.2004. Available at http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/2008CAFFfinalsecured.pdf (accessed on 17 April 2009).

This information was last updated on May 12, 2009

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