Zeitschrift für Integrative Onkologie

A Womans Risk of Getting Ovarian Cancer during Her Lifetime

Abstract

Rachid Samuel

The ovaries are small organs that make female hormones and eggs. Women usually have two small ovaries, one on each side of your uterus. Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of cancer death from gynecologic tumors in the world. Malignant ovarian lesions include primary lesions arising from normal structures within the ovary and secondary lesions from cancers arising elsewhere in the body. Primary lesions include epithelial ovarian carcinoma that is 70% of all ovarian malignancies. Current research suggests that the majority of these originate from the fallopian tubes. Stromal tumors of the ovary include germ cell tumors, sex cord stromal tumors, and other more rare types. Metastases to the ovaries are relatively frequent common sources are tumors in the endometrium, breast, colon, stomach, and cervix. For some, the risk of being diag