The five-year survival rate in urban patients with ovarian carcinoma

The 5-year survival of 253 patients with ovarian malignancy of epithelial origin is reviewed. Although this is closely related to the clinical stage at presentation, the overall survival is poor, because the majority present with disease which has spread beyond the pelvis. There are more deaths in the first 2 years after diagnosis; thereafter the survival curve gradually flattens off and becomes almost horizontal during the 4th and 5th years.