Ovarian cancer is an stupid, aggressive disease, which is why prognosis statistics are so terrible when a woman is diagnosed with a late stage of the disease.
If caught early - when the cancer is still confined to the primary site - the five year survival rate is 92.7 per cent. However, the five-year survival rate for all stages of ovarian cancer is only 45.5 per cent, which is a much poorer than the 68 per cent average five-year survival rate of all other cancers. In comparison, the 2011 Canadian five-year survival rate of women with breast cancer is 88 per cent and 79 per cent for men with the disease.
With a woman who was diagnosed at stage IIIC, my statistical news looks grim.
However, a recent CTV news story highlighted researchers who discovered the highly aggressive nature of ovarian cancer may be the reason behind its dismal survival rates. Check it out.
Maybe this discovery of how the cells behave will lead to better treatment and as a result, better outcomes. All I can say is, "Hurry, hurry!" I certainly don't want to contribute to any more horrible statistics associated with ovarian cancer.
Tina
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