What are the statistics for surviving ovarian cancer?

Would appreciate it if you could provide sources to accompany your responses. Also, would appreciate hearing stories of recovery. I have a friend who is going in for surgery on Thursday to remove a large (soccer ball sized) tumour. How common is this size of tumour? What are her chances?

What are the statistics for surviving ovarian cancer?
Check out www.ovariancancer.com this site provides info.. I have included some here for you.


One woman out of every fifty-five (approximately 1.8%) will develop ovarian cancer some time in her life time.





In 2003, approximately 25,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Approximately 14,500 women will die of the disease.





Over 70% of all women with ovarian cancer will not be diagnosed until the disease has spread beyond the ovary. This is because the symptoms of early ovarian cancer are often vague and can mimic other common medical problems.





Ovarian cancer is most common in women who have already gone through menopause. The average age for developing ovarian cancer is 61 years old.





For the small number of women who are fortunate enough to have their cancer diagnosed before it has spread beyond the ovary, the chance for cure is 85 to 90%. However, for the majority of women in whom the disease has spread beyond the ovary, the chance of living for five years after the diagnosis is between 20 and 25%.
Reply:I suggest you try the Ovarian Cancer site started in honor of the late Gilda Radner, a comedian who died of ovarian cancer. They have great information, and excellent support programs for anyone touched by this disease.
Reply:There's a product that your friend can take to help her along the way. It's called OPC-3 and it's an antioxidant. Antioxidants help strenghten the inmune system by cleansing the blood of impurities and helping produce white blood cells. OPC-3 is also wonderful for arthritis, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, preventing certain types of cancers, helps with allergies, and many, many more conditions. People have been using this product in Europe for 200 years now and Americans have only started to realize how much they are missing out. On November 6th, Newsweek magazine published an article about this very product. Also, recently a German magazine also did the same. Having cancer is very scary and anything you could do to help your friend would be great. It has pine bark extract, grape seed extract, and red wine extract, plus other ingredients. It's all natural and has no side effects. OPC-3 is 50 times more powerful than vitamin E and 20 times more powerful than vitamin C. Don't take my word for it. Check it out for yourself: www.marketamerica.com/americhoice (americhoice)
Reply:chances are good My tumor was Huge!!!! and here I am fat and sassy!!!