OVARIAN CANCER

RISK FACTORS

Ovarian cancer risk factors  is complex ,as there are many different types and sub-types.The commonest types are the epithilial tumors.Rarer and often highly chemosensitive tumours occur in the younger age groups and derive from the germ cells in the ovary.Inaddition there are uncommon tumors that arise from the specialised gonadal stromal tissue within the ovary.The incidence of epithilial ovarian cancer rises rapidly from the middle of the fifth decade,incidence and mortality both increase with.This disease has an risk factor  profile that increases its incidence in prospering Western societies.There is afamilial risk,and risk is also linked to  parity,delayed pregnancies,infertility and increasing age.