Ovarian Cancer's Dark Reality: What American Women Need to Know The statistics are chilling but not surprising.
Each year in the United States, over 21,000 women receive an ovarian cancer diagnosis, and about 12,450 die from the disease.
The five year relative survival rate is a dismal 50 percent compared to over 98 percent for prostate cancer and just over 90 percent for breast cancer. Ovarian cancer's symptoms are often masked by their subtlety.