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= Incidences =

Each year in the United States, more than 21,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and about 15,000 women die of the disease. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 21,550 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed in the United States during 2009. 14,600 deaths are expected to be caused by ovarian cancer in the United States in 2009. (Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, 2010) According to Lewis, about 25500 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed in US each year, and about 16210 women die from the disease annually. it is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the US. it occurs mostly with women between the age of 55 and 65 years of age. White women of North American and of European descent are more affected than the African American women. (Lewis et al, 2007)

Table retrieved from Ovarian Cancer National Alliance website.

References Lewis, M.L., Collier, I.C., & Heitkemper, M.M. (2007). //Medical-Surgical nursing:Assessment and management of clinical problems// (7th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. (2010). //Ovarian cancer//. Retrieved from []