Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings: Program Brief

Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings: Program Brief

Program Brief This program brief summarizes findings from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-supported research projects focused on cancer in women published January 2008 through December 2011. " Data from the National Cancer Institute indicate that 1 in 72 women born today will be diagnosed with cancer of the ovary at some point in their lives. Ovarian cancer occurs in white women (12.6 cases per 100,000 women) more often than in women of other races (11.2 Hispanic, 9.3 black, 9.2 Asian/Pacific Islander, and 9.0 American Indian/Alaska Native). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21,204 women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008, and 14,362 women died from the disease. The overall 5-year survival rate for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer was 44 percent in 2008. More than 90 percent of those diagnosed with localized ovarian cancer survived for 5 years or more, compared with just 27 percent of those whose cancer had spread to distant organs."