It is estimated that there were 19,680 new cases of ovarian cancer and 12,740 deaths from ovarian cancer in the US in 2024.[7]National Cancer Institute: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Cancer stat facts: ovarian cancer. 2024 [internet publication].
https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ovary.html
[8]Siegel RL, Giaquinto AN, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2024. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024 Jan-Feb;74(1):12-49.
https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21820
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38230766?tool=bestpractice.com
Lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer is approximately 1.1%.[7]National Cancer Institute: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Cancer stat facts: ovarian cancer. 2024 [internet publication].
https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ovary.html
In Europe, an estimated 69,472 cases of ovarian cancer were diagnosed in 2022, with 46,232 deaths from this cancer.[9]World Health Organization. Cancer factsheets. 2024 [internet publication].
https://gco.iarc.fr/today/en/fact-sheets-cancers
In the US, non-Hispanic white women and non-Hispanic American-Indian/Alaska Native women have the highest risk for ovarian cancer, but variation among races is small.[7]National Cancer Institute: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Cancer stat facts: ovarian cancer. 2024 [internet publication].
https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ovary.html
[8]Siegel RL, Giaquinto AN, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2024. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024 Jan-Feb;74(1):12-49.
https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21820
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38230766?tool=bestpractice.com
The incidence of ovarian cancer increases with age. Median age at diagnosis in the US is 63 years, and median age at death is 71 years.[7]National Cancer Institute: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Cancer stat facts: ovarian cancer. 2024 [internet publication].
https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ovary.html
Overall 5-year survival rate is 50.9%.[7]National Cancer Institute: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Cancer stat facts: ovarian cancer. 2024 [internet publication].
https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ovary.html