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Photo of women  Ovarian Cancer Control Initiative Ovarian Cancer Awareness
CDC's mission is to enhance the limited knowledge about ovarian cancer by initiating projects with partners, colleagues, and national organizations to help identify factors related to early disease detection and treatment.
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 Spotlight on Ovarian Cancer Awareness NEW!
 Ovarian Cancer Study Reveals a Significant Decline in Incidence Rates
 CDC's Activities Targeting Ovarian Cancer

 Spotlight on Ovarian Cancer Awareness NEW!
Facts on ovarian cancer, information about CDC funded projects, and resources related to prevention.

 Ovarian Cancer Study Reveals a Significant Decline in Incidence Rates
A joint study by CDC and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries found that recent trends between 1992 and 1998 revealed a significant decline in ovarian cancer incidence rates of 1.4% per year for all races combined, as well as significant annual declines in white women and Hispanic women. These findings are included in the new monograph detailing ovarian cancer as it occurs in the US population.

The full report is available in the Supplement: North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. Cancer, 2003:97(S10).


 CDC's Activities Targeting Ovarian Cancer
To identify critical unmet public health needs related to ovarian cancer, CDC convened a  2-day scientific workshop in November 2000, Identifying Public Health Opportunities to Reduce the Burden of Ovarian Cancer. Workshop participants included leaders from state health departments, ovarian cancer advocacy groups, physicians, and scientists from federal agencies, academic medical centers, and cancer treatment programs.

Experts agreed that although a satisfactory screening test for ovarian cancer is not yet available, there are important public health opportunities to reduce the morbidity and mortality burden of this disease. For example, research focused on clarifying symptom presentation patterns among ovarian cancer cases may increase the proportion of women who are diagnosed at an earlier stage, when treatment appears to be more effective. 

The public health needs identified during the workshop have been used to establish CDC funding priorities for ovarian cancer. Visit CDC Funded Ovarian Cancer Research to learn about several studies newly funded through CDC's Ovarian Cancer Control Initiative.
Cancer Burden

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Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system

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An estimated 25,580 new cases will be diagnosed during 2004

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Approximately 16,090 women will die of the disease



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