article_snippet.sent: I had stage 1c cancer, meaning the cancer cells weren't contained in one ovary.
article_snippet.sent: There's no screening for ovarian cancer like there is with the smear test for cervical. '
article_snippet.sent: Epithelial ovarian cancer means Epithelial ovarian cancer started in the surface layer covering the ovary.
article_snippet.sent: Epithelial ovarian cancer accounts for 3 to 5 per cent of patients with ovarian cancer in the western world and 20 per cent in the Far East.
article_snippet.sent: The first treatment is the same as for the common form of epithelial ovarian cancer – a hysterectomy.
article_snippet.sent: As well as removing the pelvic organs (ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus and omentum – the fatty tissue that covers the abdominal organs), fluid will be collected from the abdominal cavity for testing for any cancer cells.
article_snippet.sent: A pathologist will examine the tissue and fluid removed to try and decide how advanced Epithelial ovarian cancer is.
article_snippet.sent: Some tumours are just in the ovary and so will have a better prognosis, about 20 per cent are stage 1.
article_snippet.sent: However, in some cases, tumours will have spread through the outer lining (capsule) of the ovary and to other organs including the uterus (womb), fallopian tubes, the lymph glands and the omentum.