ABSTRACT
Malignant tumors of the ovary occur at all ages. Malignant germ cell tumors are most commonly found in adolescents and young women under the age of 20. In contrast, epithelial ovarian cancer is seen primarily in patients over the age of 50, with most women diagnosed between the ages of 60 and 64. Older patients have a signicantly worse prognosis. Yancik et al. noted that those over the age of 65 were more likely to be diagnosed with advanced disease [4]. Similarly, the National Cancer Institute reported that while younger patients had a mortality rate of 1.0 per 100,000, those over the age of 50 demonstrated a mortality rate of 25.5 per 100,000 [5].
