When I was in treatment in 2005 someone told me to not look the statistics for ovarian cancer because I was a person not a number. But it is important to know the statistics so everyone understands how important research is and why better treatments and ultimately a cure are so important to so many women and their families.
An estimated 22,440 new cases of ovarian cancer will occur in 2017, which is 1.3% of all new cancer cases.
60% of all cases are women with distant disease (metastasized cancer )
20% of all cases has spread to lymph nodes (regional)
15% of all cases are found only in the ovary ( localized)
~ 6% of all cases are unstaged
Rates for new cases of ovarian cancer has dropped 1.9% each year for the last 10 years.
Ovarian cancer will cause the deaths of 14,080 women in 2017, which is 2.3% of all cancer deaths.
In 2014, 222,060 women were living with ovarian cancer.
The percent of women surviving after 5 years is 46.5% ( 2007-2013)
But the percentage of women varies depending on the stage at diagnosis. ( More on staging tomorrow.)
95% of all women diagnosed at early stage ( localized) disease are alive at 5 years.
73% of all women diagnosed with regional disease are alive at 5 years.
28.9% of all women diagnosed with distant disease are alive at 5 years.
The median age at diagnosis is 63 years.
Source: Seer DATA https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ovary.html
Dee
Every Day is a Blessing!
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Thursday, September 7, 2017
Monday, December 15, 2014
Ovarian Cancer Facts for NJ
Today I made a presentation about ovarian cancer to the members of the Hunterdon Mercer Chronic Disease Coalition. I thought I would share some facts with my readers.
I appreciate the opportunity to present the information for all the Coalition members.
Dee
Every Day is a Blessing!
In 2011 there were 699 cases of Ovarian Cancer diagnosed in NJ.
- Hunterdon County 7
- Mercer County 28
In 2011 in NJ there were 483
deaths due to Ovarian Cancer
- Hunterdon County 6
- Mercer County 21
I found the information on the NJ Cancer Registry site at www.cancer-rates.info/nj/index.php
Information about how to use the site can be found here. It is a three frame window and takes some time to load.
A link to a report of Cancer Incidence & Mortality in New Jersey, 2007-2011 can be found at
http://www.state.nj.us/health/ces/documents/report07-11.pdfI appreciate the opportunity to present the information for all the Coalition members.
Dee
Every Day is a Blessing!
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