Ovarian Cancer Update

Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are living longer today than ever before.The national Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program tracks the incidence of cancers each year and collects follow up information on all previously diagnosed patients until their death.Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are now more likely to live to at least five years than not, with estimated 5-year survival of 54% as of 2020.This was not the case as recently as fifteen years ago, when women with ovarian cancer had <50% 5-year survival. 1This trend reflects many advances in this challenging, often devastating disease.Here, I will focus on recent advances in ovarian cancer over the past year.Progress has been seen in both detection of ovarian cancer, non-chemotherapy treatment approaches, and even technological advances that enhance women's experience, surviving with this disease.