In september I fear myself along with quite a few other people have missed something important.

Ovarian Cancer awareness... so I would like to take this time, knowing in now November, and back track into the acknowledgement.

*SweetNightmaresDear had a news article about Ovarian Cancer awareness that got very little recognition.

Ovarian cancer, the deadliest of the gynecologic cancers, is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women.
Ovarian cancer occurs in 1 out of 69 women.
About 20,000 women are diagnosed with the disease each year.
Currently, 55 percent of the women diagnosed with ovarian cancer die from it within five years; among black women only 40 percent survive five years or more.

ovarian cancer CAN be treated!!! if detected early enough
The vast majority of cases are not diagnosed until the cancer has spread beyond the ovaries.
• In cases where ovarian cancer detection happens before it has spread beyond the ovaries, more than 93 percent of women survive longer than five years.
• Yet early stage diagnosis occurs in only 20 percent of ovarian cancer cases in the U.S.
• When diagnosed in the advanced stages, the chance of five-year survival drops to about 30 percent.
• Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose because symptoms are easily confused with other diseases and there is no reliable, easy-to-administer screening tool that can be administered to all women.
^^^above sourced from
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Risk Factors and Causes of Cancer
A number of causes of cancer of the ovaries have been identified, ranging from age and family genetics to prolonged use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). A woman's reproductive history may also play a role in determining ovarian cancer risk levels.

Most clinical studies into causes of cancer of the ovaries have examined the most common form of ovarian cancer. Epithelial carcinoma begins on the surface of the ovaries, and is responsible for the majority of malignant tumors. The causes of germ cell and stromal tumors, the two less common

Age and Incidence Rates
Age is perhaps the greatest risk factor for ovarian cancer. The chance of developing the disease increases just before menopause and continues to rise in postmenopausal women as they age. Half of all cases are diagnosed after the age of 65, and the peak incidence rate occurs between the ages of 70 and 79.
Ethnicity
Statistically, Caucasians have a higher risk of ovarian cancer than people of African descent. Approximately nine out of every 100,000 African American women develop the disease. In comparison, 14 out of every 100,000 Caucasian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Ethnically, the highest incidence rate occurs in European women of Jewish ancestry. Incidence rates jump to more than 17 out of every 100,000 women in this ethnic group.
Genetics and Breast Cancer
Genetics play a role in ten percent of ovarian cancer cases. In these cases, the affected women inherit the mutated genes BCRA1 and BCRA2. These genes also increase the risk of developing breast cancer.
Personal and Family History
Genetics are closely tied to family histories of cancer. Women who have a parent or sibling (first-degree relative) with ovarian, endometrial, breast, or colon cancer are at greater risk of developing ovarian tumors.

The risk of developing ovarian cancer increases even more if two first-degree relatives have one of the listed diseases. Having a grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin (second-degree relative) with one of these cancers also increases personal risk levels, but not as significantly as a first-degree relative.

A personal history of colon, endometrial or breast cancer also raises the risk of ovarian cancer development.
Reproductive History and Oral Contraceptives
The longer a woman ovulates, the greater the risk of ovarian cancer. As a result, women who start to ovulate early in life or those who experience delayed menopause are at higher risk than other women.

Pregnancy appears to reduce the risk. Not becoming pregnant or having one's first child after age thirty increases the risk. Breastfeeding, even for a short time, appears to provide some protection against ovarian cancer.

The use of oral contraceptives reduces the risk by up to fifty percent in high-risk women, a protective factor that lasts for years after taking the medication.
Diet
A high fat diet appears to increase the chances of developing ovarian cancer. The National Cancer Institute recommends a balanced diet high in fruit and vegetables as a possible preventive measure for many forms of cancer. Clinical trials linking ovarian tumors to high lactose and caffeine consumption have produced varying results.
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Estrogen
Hormone replacement therapy has been studied as one of the possible causes of cancer. To date, only one clinical study has produced evidence that hormone replacement therapy increases the chances of ovarian cancer. However, the women studied were on long term HRT with estrogen alone for ten or more years. Combination estrogen and progesterone therapy, however, is not associated with any increase in risk.
^^^resources from information-about-ovarian-cancer.com
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I also have this in my journal at [link]

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