Germ cell ovarian cancer is a rare form of ovarian cancer: approximately 5 percent of ovarian cancers are classified as germ cell. Treatment is often by chemotherapy drugs that are similar to those used in the treatment of testicular cancer.
Main types of ovarian cancer
There are three main types of ovarian cancer.
Germ cell tumors: this type from the cells that produce the ova.
Stromal tumors: from connective tissue cells.
Epithelial tumors: starting from the cells that cover the outer surface of the ovary. These are the most common type of ovarian cancers,
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Ovariancancer is a disease produced by the rapid growth and division of cells within one or both ovariesreproductive glands in which the ova, or eggs, and the female sex hormones are made.
Ovariancancer most frequently appears in women who are older than 60 (about 50% of patients are over age 65), although it may occur in younger women who have a family history of the disease.
Ovariancancer is responsible for 5% of all cancer deaths among women.
Cancer of the ovary is a disease in which cancercells are found in the ovary.
Because cancer of the ovary may spread to the peritoneum, the sac inside the abdomen that holds the intestines, uterus, and ovaries, many women with cancer of the ovary may have fluid inside the peritoneum (called ascites), which causes swelling of the abdomen.
Ovariangermcell tumor, an uncommon cancer in women, is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in egg-making cells in the ovary.
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