FACTS

•   1 out of every 71 women will be diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer

•   Ovarian Cancer is the fifth leading cause of death among women in the United States and is the most deadly of the gynecologic cancers.

•   It is estimated that in 2015, 21,290 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 14,180 will die from the disease.

•   Currently, 50% of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer die from the disease within five years.

•   When diagnosed in advanced stages, the five year survival rate is only 44%.

•   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 19% of women are diagnosed in the early stages.

•   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.