Ovarian, fallopian tube, primary peritoneal cancer are diseases in which cancer (malignant) cells are developed in the tissue that covers the lining of the fallopian tube or ovary. Additionally, these cancers form similar types of tissue and are treated in the same means.
The ovaries are two organs in the woman’s reproductive system. They are found in the pelvis—each at both sides of the uterus. Moreover, they are about the same shape and size as an almond.
Meanwhile, the fallopian or uterine tubes are two slender, long tubes, one on every side of the uterus. The eggs move from the ovaries, going through the uterine tubes and to the uterus. Occasionally, cancer starts at the end of the uterine tube, closes the ovary, and expands to the ovary.
The peritoneum, on the other hand, is a tissue that lines up in the stomach wall and conceals organs in the stomach. Primary peritoneal cancer is a kind of cancer that develops in the peritoneum and has not transferred or spread from other parts of the body.
Moreover, risk factors that cause these cancers include:
- Family history
- Obesity
- Inherited changes in BRCA2 OR BRCA genes
- Tall height
- Endometriosis
- Postmenopausal hormone therapy
