Women have the best chance of getting better when the disease is found early.
A. Ovaries are part of your reproductive system. They are in your pelvis, one on each side of your uterus. Each ovary is about the size of an almond. The ovaries make eggs and the female hormones, estrogen and progesterone. Each month during your menstrual cycle, an egg is released from one ovary and goes down a fallopian tube to the uterus.