September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and by the end of this year, 21,980 women in the United States will be told they have ovarian cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer and the eighth most common cancer among women. Women under the age of 65 are twice as likely to survive five years (57 percent) compared to women diagnosed 65 or older (28 percent.) Unfortunately, most cases of ovarian cancer present in the advanced stages (stages III or IV). This means that the disease has spread outside the ovaries.