How common is epithelial ovarian cancer?

How common is epithelial ovarian cancer?

Ovarian cancer is the second most common cancer that affects the female reproductive system (gynecological cancer). Uterine (endometrial) cancer is the most common. A female has a 1 in 78 lifetime risk of getting ovarian cancer.

In 2021, more than 21,400 people learned they had ovarian cancer. Epithelial ovarian cancer accounts for more than 9 in 10 of these cases. More than half of epithelial ovarian cancer cases affect people over 65.