Ovarian cancer is particularly dangerous because its presence is often difficult to detect until it has spread to other areas of the body beyond the ovaries (metastatic cancer).
Reviewed last on: 6/10/2008
James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.