How long does it take ovarian cancer to grow?

"We know if ovarian cancer is detected at an earlier stage, the survival is about 90 percent; we know that an early stage can make a difference," says Dr. Yawn. Dr. Barrette points out, however, that ovarian cancer can progress from stage to stage in a matter of months, making it far more aggressive than malignancies such as breast cancer. read more

Results from an Olmsted Medical Center and Mayo Clinic study analyzing symptoms recorded in the medical records of ovarian cancer patients suggest ovarian cancer, long considered asymptomatic until late-stage cancer develops, does in fact have early symptoms, including urinary incontinence and abdominal pain. read more

The grade will give doctors some idea about how fast growing and aggressive the cancer cells look. The more like normal ovarian cells the cancer cells look, the lower the grade and the slower growing the cancer is likely to be. read more

When I was going through my ordeal, I was told that, on average, women with ovca had suffered symptoms for approximately six months. This statistic also indicated the cancer had been there for qhite a while prior to its discovery as it usually takes some time for cancers to grow to the point of causing symptoms. read more