Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases by human beings because of its high mortality and the malignant tumour of the ovary is no exception. In women ovarian cancer is a neoplasm that occupies the first five places worldwide. It is characterized by being a highly aggressive tumor late detection presents non-specific symptoms affecting perimenopausal women high socioeconomic status nulliparous among others. Colombia is a multicultural country located in the intertropical zone at the northern tip of South America bordered on the north by the Antilles Sea on the east by Venezuela Brazil on the west by the Pacific Ocean on the northwest by Panama and on the south by Peru and Ecuador.This book describes the cases of ovarian cancer attended by age department of residence area of residence educational level social security system and; estimates the trend of prevalence mortality and lethality of ovarian cancer between 2009 and 2019 in Colombia.