I& #39;ve noticed something new coming through from the terven.

They are loving to bring up ovarian cancer (now that they& #39;ve been informed that breast cancer isn& #39;t inherently for women).

The thing about that?

It has the exact same issue.

This is going to be very simplified.
The reason it& #39;s not the gotcha they think it is, is that oncology treats the TYPE (morphology) of the cancer not the LOCATION (typology).

When we say "ovarian cancer" it& #39;s a generalisation that includes all cancers that occur in the ovaries as a location.
So when they talk about ovarian cancer they list the three (3) most common location (type of cell) they start from:

- epithelial
- germ cell
- stromal
Note: these are locations (topology) not type of cancer (morphology) at this point.

Of this (very) general example, I& #39;m going to look at the two major locations - epithelial and germ cell - and how they link into the two main types of tumours:

1. Adenocarcinoma
2. Dysgerminoma
a. Adenocarcinoma is an epithelial tumour (carcinoma)

b. Dysgerminoma is a germ cell tumour (germinoma/teratoma)

There is an additional staging that is done based on how differentiated the cancer cells are.
I& #39;m not going to go into it more other than to mention that if you look types of ovarian carcinomas you& #39;ll see a subtypes that include serous/endometrioid/clear cell/mucinous.

They are still types of carcinoma.
So, here& #39;s the part where this argument that "OVARIAN CANCER = WOMAN" falls down.

Treatment is based on TYPE of tumour, not location.

Adenocarcinomas are found in multiple locations other than ovaraies including: testicular, breast, lung, colorectal and pancreatic.
When a germ cell tumour is located in the ovaries it& #39;s called a dysgeminoma, when it& #39;s located in the testicles it& #39;s called a seminoma.

And when it occurs in the central nervous system is is simply a germinoma.

They are, however, the same type, a germ cell tumour.
Sooooo, do you see the problem here with the terven argument?
The issue with any internal organ cancer (ie ovary, lung, pancreatic) is that it& #39;s an "invisible" tumour until the patient becomes symptomatic.

With surface-type tumours (ie testicular, breast) you can feel that there is a lump.

The issue with high mortality rates for ovarian -
cancer is not because they are "woman" tumours, it& #39;s because they are internal organ tumours.

Higher stage = higher mortality.

Because they can be "invisible", they are more often found when they have a higher stage which means survival post treatment is lower.
For instance, the estimated survival rates for internal tumours?

These are the cumulative states from SEER with 5 year survival rates:

Pancreatic: 10%
Lung: 20.5%
Ovarian: 48.6%

In fact, if you look at lung, it makes up ~13% of new diagnoses, but 22.4% of all cancer deaths.
And because nothing lives in non-racist vacuum, here& #39;s what the new diagnoses vs cancer deaths look like by race/ethnicity.
What& #39;s even more awful is the breakdown of cancer deaths by gender and race/ethnicity.
So, in conclusion, the terven are sciencing bad AGAIN and it& #39;s irritating the hell out of me.
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