Each year in February Ovarian Cancer Australia runs a national Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month campaign to highlight the symptoms of ovarian cancer and to raise funds for our programs.
About us
Dr Deborah Neesham
Gynaecological Oncologist, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
Dr Deborah Neesham is a subspecialist Gynaecological Oncologist who has worked as a consultant in the Oncology and Dysplasia Unit at the Royal Women’s Hospital since 1998.She is actively involved in local, national and international research through the International Gynaecological Cancer Society (IGCS) and the Australia and New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG).
She is currently Chairman of the Gynaecological Oncology subspecialty committee at the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Chairman of the Victorian Gynaecology Oncology Group at the Cancer Council of Victoria. She was a member of the Board of Victorian Cytology Services for a period of 6 years up until 2007.
She has recently joined the board of The Women’s Cancer Foundation and is looking forward to continuing her work in helping women to fight gynaecological cancers.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month - February

Upcoming Events
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Our Research, Your Future forum - Friday 25 May
Ovarian Cancer Australia and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia invite our supporters and members to a...
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Mother's Day - Our ambassadors share their thoughts...
This year we’re celebrating Mother’s Day by asking everyone to send a K.I.S.S. to all the mums they...
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Working Beyond Cancer Workshop - 2 June 2012
Free Cancer Council NSW Workshop Saturday 2nd June 2012 Location: North SydneyTime: 9am – 3.30pmHave you...
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Awareness
Personal Story
It all began with a constant niggling pain in my right groin area. In December 2006 I went to...
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