Identification of common risk factors in ovarian cancer

Objective: the objective of this study was to identify the common risk factors in ovarian cancer. methodology: this is the prospective study conducted in lady aitchison hospital lahore in one year duration. all patients admitted in hospital with signs and symptoms of ovarian tumor were included after clinical and ultrasonographical confirmation. results: total 30 patients diagnosed with ovarian tumor were included in this study. mean age of all the patients was 37.13±14.35 years. out of these 30,26 (86.7%) females were married while only 4 females were unmarried. the mean age of unmarried women was 22.50±11.78 years. mean age of menarche was 12.20±0.92 years and mean years of ovulation was 22.33±12.22 years respectively. among these 30 patients,1(3.3%) patient had the problem of infertility. none of the patient had family history of ovarian and breast cancer tumor. ovulation induction was done only in 2(6.7%) patients. no other problem was reported by any of the patients. there were total 11 patients whose parity was 0,in 5 patients it was 4,whilst in 4 patients it was 1. among these patients 4 females were unmarried. conclusion: ovarian tumor is one of the commonest reproductive cancers among women. the incidence of this disease is high in developing countries like pakistan. in our study,middle aged (30-40 years) married women,with less numbers of parity were frequently reported in diagnosed patients. factors like years of ovulation,age of menarche,infertility and ovulation induction were not considerably frequent.