It's often called the silent cancer showing no obvious signs or symptoms until late in it's development.
Ovarian cancer is a frightening disease and for many women it's a battle for their lives.
When my father died, it was very traumatic for me. So I've thought about my own death, but never intensely up close personal as this time. I think a lot of the emotions were fear of that, fear of the unknown, fear of dying. Ovarian cancer is a cancer which arises in the ovary and is usually described as an epithelial ovarian cancer, typically, vast majority of cancer arise in the lining of the ovary and not the eggs themselves. Karen initially got surgery for her disease and surgery is by far and away the most important first step in treating ovary cancer.