BACKGROUND Worldwide, ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer in women and seventh most common cause of cancer death. For most western countries, ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer and ranks fourth in cancer mortality. For the western hemisphere it accounts for 4% of cancer in women and is the most frequent cause of death due to gynaecological cancer; whereas, in some European countries, and in parts of Eastern India, ovarian cancer is reported as the most frequent cause of death in women from gynaecological cancer. The present study was undertaken to analyse the histomorphological spectrum of ovarian tumours and their distribution in age groups in this region of the country.
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