Cancer of the ovaries is considered very dangerous because early
cancers don't produce symptoms, the ovaries are in close proximity
to many other abdominal organs, and the risk of cancer cells
traveling to other body areas (metastasis) is high.
Review Date: 12/23/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
