ABSTRACT
Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer have the highest mortality, when compared to those with endometrial or cervical cancer. In comparison with ovarian and endometrial cancer, major advances have been made in cervical cancer. This chapter reviews the risk and susceptibility factors associated with ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancer. A case-control study by Ricci E. Tavani et al. found that women with both a positive family history and other known risk factors had three and a half times the risk of developing ovarian cancer compared to women without a family history or any other risk factors. Whereas Rosenberg et al. reported a 20% decrease in the risk of ovarian cancer among women who took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) 1 day per week for at least 6 months that began a year before hospital admission compared with those who did not take NSAIDS.
