Ovarian cancer prevention may be realized and  the chance of developing it can be reduced by modifying  the risk factors and behaviors and by getting a better understanding of its symptoms. Numerous studies have shown that the risk of developing ovarian cancer can be reduced by taking birth control pills (containing estrogen and progesterone) for a minimum of five years.  One of these studies showed that even the most effective doses in the event of such an effect are lower doses of hormones, and the protective effect lasts for many years after women have stopped taking contraceptives. Such risks can be reduced even in the case of women who have a family history of pathological (cancer of the ovary or breast). Influencing through contraception does not seem possible but it is in in case there is a kind of gene mutations in the genes BRCA1 and 2.

Another way to reduce cancer risks, which is considered as a more extreme one, and sometimes dramatic (if the woman is at reproductive age and wants to have children) is bilateral tubal ligation. Such a method is not recommended except in dangerous situations, when the risks of cancer are very high and only if it deems necessary and she no longer wants children. The procedure is not reversible, so such a decision must be made after having been well thought and after all the ovarian cancer symptoms have been carefully analyzed.

At least one pregnancy carried through can protect a woman's ovarian cancer and breastfeeding your baby seems to have similar protective effects. A relatively small percentage of women in the family have a first degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) or fence II (aunt or grandmother) diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer. Experts have examined such families and concluded that there is a genetic family aggregation, due to mutations in BRCA genes, while mutations that will facilitate ovarian cancer. In such situations, how to quantify risk more accurately, genetic testing may be indicated to determine whether or not the patient has that mutation.



Experts recommend generally that if women were to accept such a genetic mutation to their health security, surgery to remove the uterine tube, uterus and ovaries, while they are still do not appear healthy is recommended. This is the only method that can protect women from any background appeared ovarian cancer gene mutation that is inherited. Unfortunately, she could not have children, but the risk of developing cancer of the ovary is aggressive and is down over 95%.  It should be noted that there is a small chance (but there) for patients to make a neoplasia of the ovary is removed ovaries even after the cancer started.



Even if such a cancer is diagnosed in an early stage and is subsequently treated with surgery, there is the possibility of neoplastic contamination of other tissues and peritoneum there, even if it is not visible. That metastatic cancer cells then continue their development, and after surgery, at a certain time, the patient may be diagnosed with peritoneal cancer. Healthy diets and active lifestyles with no risk type of behaviors will not prevent cancer itself, but will stimulate the body to fight against any changes that might occur. Immune competent cells have the ability to monitor and destroy cells that divide and begin to modify their functional characteristics.