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.