Ovarian and Uterine Patient Resource Area

Woman's reproductive cancers include ovarian and endometrial or uterine cancers. The most common woman's reproductive cancer is uterine which is the fourth most common cancer among woman estimated to affect over 41,000 women this year. Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer among women and accounts for about 3% of all cancers among women. It ranks second among gynecologic cancers following uterine cancer.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is the nation's leading group of professionals providing health care for women. It is a private, voluntary, nonprofit membership organization. The web site provides links that include advocacy, information, education, and women's issues.

American Cancer Society
This American Cancer Society web site provides information on causes, risk factors, prevention, early detection, diagnosis, staging, treatment and statistics regarding uterine cancer.

eMedicine from WebMD
This web site provides a thorough overview of uterine cancer including clinical information on this disease, work-up for uterine cancer, possible treatments that would be offered, and follow-up care.

FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
FORCE is a nonprofit organization for women with increased risk of cancer due to family history and genetic status, and for members of families in which a BRCA mutation may be present. Through education and support, their mission is to join FORCEs against hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

Ovarian Cancer Home Page
The National Cancer Institute's cancer topics page features an overview of ovarian cancer, including treatment, prevention, causes, screening and testing, clinical trials, and statistics.

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
A comprehensive web site that is divided into 3 different centers, Newly diagnosed friends, and family, survivors, and general interest. This site provides links for disease overview, treatment including clinical trails, education, and advocacy.

National Ovarian Cancer Alliance
The NOCC’s goal is to raise awareness and to promote education about ovarian cancer while improving survival and quality of life for women with ovarian cancer.

Uterine Cancer Home Page
The National Cancer Institute's cancer topics page features an overview of endometrial cancer, including treatment, prevention, causes, screening and testing, clinical trials, and statistics.