Ovarian Cancer in Mexico in Numbers

Ovarian cancer is popularly referred to as a silent disease that affects thousands of women in Mexico, even the silent killer has been named... and its dangerousness lies precisely in the fact that many times its symptoms can go unnoticed or confused until it is too late. Hence, the importance of being alert to symptoms for early detection. Talking about women’s health and cancer is often synonymous with talking about the types of cancer that mo…

On the occasion of World Ovarian Cancer Day, on May 8, EFEsalud spoke with these three women to learn their story. Knowing what their lives are like after overcoming a tumor, which in 2023 caused the death of 2,193 patients, according to the figures cited by the Spanish Society of Medical Onology (SEOM). High mortality responds, according to oncologists, to the absence of specific symptoms of the disease, which causes most patients to be diagnos…