Staging Ovarian Cancer
Staging is the process of finding out how much cancer is in a person’s body and where it’s located. For most types of cancer, doctors use staging information to help determine the exact extent of your cancer, what treatment plan is best for you, and your prognosis. Understanding how ovarian cancer is staged can give you an idea of what to expect.
Although each person’s situation is different, cancers with the same stage tend to have similar outcomes and are often treated the same way. The cancer stage is also a way for doctors to describe the extent of cancer when they talk with each other about a person’s cancer.
Each of these stages, except Stage 4, is divided into A, B, and C.
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Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
For all types of ovarian cancer taken together:
- About 78% of people with ovarian cancer live for at least 1 year after diagnosis.
- More than 60% live for at least 3 years after diagnosis.
- More than 50% of those with ovarian cancer are still alive at least 5 years after diagnosis.
People diagnosed when they are younger than 65 have better outcomes than those who are older.
