Gynaecological cancer

Epidemiology

• 1 in 70 women will develop ovarian cancer at some point in their life. Scandinavian countries have an incidence appropriately 6.5 times higher than that of Japan's. This is due to multifactorial reasons, both of genetic and environmental nature.
• Cervical cancer makes up the largest percentage of gynaecological cancers. Women in developing countries tend to present with more advanced cases.