Controlling ovarian cancer: An introduction to detection and treatment

Controlling ovarian cancer: An introduction to detection and treatment With current strategies proving inadequate, what needs to be done is to further the research into detecting, treating, and controlling ovarian cancer. Specifically, ovarian cancer develops when malignant ovarian cancer cells proliferate on the surface of the ovary and directly migrate/exfoliate to the peritoneal cavity where they attach to structures such as the omentum. Women at early stages of tumor growth on the omentum do not display specific symptoms and hence the tumors remain unnoticed until tumor growth is extensive. Because the ovarian tumor cells do not metastasize via the blood stream early detection of mutant cells in serum samples is not feasible with current methods. More sensitive assays and specific markers of ovarian cancer are needed.