Why have ovarian cancer mortality rates declined? Part I. Incidence

V Sopik, J Iqbal, B Rosen, SA Narod - Gynecologic oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
The age-adjusted mortality rate from ovarian cancer in the United States has declined over
the past several decades. The decline in mortality might be the consequence of a reduced …

Trends in United States ovarian cancer mortality, 1979–1995

KA Oriel, EM Hartenbach, PL Remington - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: To describe the epidemiology of ovarian cancer mortality in the United States from
1979 to 1995. Methods: The mortality data of the Centers for Disease Control and …

Why have ovarian cancer mortality rates declined? Part II. Case-fatality

V Sopik, J Iqbal, B Rosen, SA Narod - Gynecologic oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States, the age-adjusted mortality rate from ovarian cancer declined
by 8% from 1975 to 1991 and by 18% from 1992 to 2011. A decline in the incidence rate of …

An international assessment of ovarian cancer incidence and mortality

KA Lowe, VM Chia, A Taylor, C O'Malley, M Kelsh… - Gynecologic …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess and characterize the temporal variation in ovarian cancer incidence
and mortality by age within countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania …

Long-term mortality among women with epithelial ovarian cancer

HE Dinkelspiel, M Champer, J Hou, A Tergas… - Gynecologic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives Patients with solid tumors are at greatest risk for dying from their cancers in the
five years following diagnosis. For most malignancies, deaths from other chronic diseases …

Declining ovarian cancer rates in US women in relation to parity and oral contraceptive use

S Gnagy, EE Ming, SS Devesa, P Hartge… - …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Ovarian cancer incidence and mortality rates have declined among US women age 35–59
years during the period 1970–1995. Epidemiologic studies have shown that ovarian cancer …

Epidemiology of ovarian cancer

J Permuth-Wey, TA Sellers - Cancer epidemiology: modifiable factors, 2009 - Springer
Ovarian cancer represents the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in the
world, and causes more deaths per year than any other cancer of the female reproductive …

Trends in relative survival for ovarian cancer from 1975 to 2011

JD Wright, L Chen, AI Tergas, S Patankar… - Obstetrics & …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To examine relative survival (a metric that incorporates changes in survival
within a population) in women with ovarian cancer from 1975 to 2011. METHODS: Women …

[HTML][HTML] Global trends and predictions in ovarian cancer mortality

M Malvezzi, G Carioli, T Rodriguez, E Negri… - Annals of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Over the last two decades, ovarian cancer mortality rates have levelled or
declined. There are, however, persisting and substantial differences in ovarian cancer …

The epidemiology of ovarian cancer

F Parazzini, S Franceschi, C La Vecchia, M Fasoli - Gynecologic oncology, 1991 - Elsevier
The descriptive and analytical epidemiology of ovarian cancer is reviewed, starting from the
substantial geographical differences, with high rates in North America and Europe and low …