Area Clínica de Oncologia, Ginecológica Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain.
Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2011 May;21 Suppl 1:S1-2. doi: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e318217b337.
Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecological cancer, representing 5% of all cancers in women. It has the highest case-fatality rate of all gynecological malignancies. In the European Union, there are approximately 48,000 new cases of ovarian cancer and 31,000 deaths per year. Similarly, in the United States, there are approximately 25,500 new cases per year, with 16,000 deaths associated.
卵巢癌是第二常见的妇科癌症，占女性所有癌症的 5%。它是所有妇科恶性肿瘤中病死率最高的。在欧盟，每年约有 4.8 万例新发病例和 3.1 万例死亡病例。同样，在美国，每年约有 2.55 万例新发病例，相关死亡人数为 1.6 万例。
