Characteristics of Long-Term Survivors of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Patients and physicians commonly perceive ovarian cancer as a highly fatal disease. Although most women diagnosed with advanced-stage ovarian cancer will die of the disease, one third of all patients with ovarian cancer survive 10 years or more.
Of the long-term survivors, 32% have stages III and IV epithelial cancer. The explanation for this is unclear, advanced cancer usually means a poor outcome.
Long-term survivors are most likely to be women younger than age 50 years, who more often have low-stage and low-grade epithelial cancers and are able to tolerate aggressive surgery and chemotherapy.
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