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11/27/12 - The NCI is working on updating materials.

Quiz: Ovarian & Fallopian Tube Cancers

During each monthly menstrual cycle, one ovary releases an egg, which travels through a fallopian tube to the uterus.
True False
The ovaries secrete estrogen and progesterone, the female hormones that control the development of the breasts and other female body characteristics, as well as regulate the menstrual cycle and pregnancy.
True False
Ovarian cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the fifth most common gynecologic cancer.
True False
Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all the female cancers, primarily because the disease arises from an vital organ.
True False
One of the ovarian tissue, epithelium, is formed on the inside of the ovary.
True False
Stromal tumors start from connective tissue cells that hold the ovary together and produce the female hormones.
True False
When the diaphragm that is affected by ovarian cancer spreads, normal drainage of fluid from the abdominal cavity may be impaired, resulting in ascites.
True False
It is more common for cancer to spread to a fallopian tube from elsewhere in the body than for a new cancer to develop in the fallopian tube.
True False
Women with few or no children are at higher risk of developing ovarian cancer.
True False
Symptoms of ovarian cancer such as abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, and ascites appear at the early stage of the disease.
True False