Daughter of an acquaintance just diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 24. idk any details. what is her prognosis? thank you

Need details: Especially at such a young age the specific cancer type is important; sometimes patients will think that they were told they have cancer but turns out not to be the case - borderline tumor, for example, can seem like cancer on the pathology report, etc. Sorry, but you really need to give more details for us to anchor any such discussion.

Depends on stage: Early age of onset suggests this patient may be a carrier of a BRCA mutation. Prognosis depends primarily on stage, so without that information, it is not possible to give an estimate of her prognosis. If she has early stage cancer, then her prognosis is good with a 5 year survival around 75-80%. Stage III or IV carries a much lower survival rate.

It is stage dependen: It depends on her stage. Early stage ov ca (stage I) has excellent prognosis of with over 90% of patients experiencing a cure. Unfortunately later stage disease- stage III/IV has a worse prognosis, though with aggressive surgery and chemotherapy, cure can happen, though roughly 40% surviving at 5 years