Awareness

Every woman needs to know the symptoms of ovarian cancer. Make sure you do.

One in 70 women will develop ovarian cancer in their lifetime. It could be you, your sister, your mum, your gran or your girlfriend.

Every year in Australia around 1500 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and more than 850 women will die from the disease.

Unfortunately, when most women are diagnosed, their cancer will be at an advanced stage, where the cancer has spread and is very difficult to treat successfully.

More than half these women will not live for five years after their diagnosis.

But... if ovarian cancer is found in the early stages, up to 95% of women will be alive and well after five years.

More women need to be diagnosed at an early stage when ovarian cancer is very treatable.

There is currently no reliable early detection test or screening program for ovarian cancer.

Until there is a test, awareness is best.

Ovarian cancer has previously been called a silent killer, but we now know that the symptoms are NOT silent.

Almost all women with ovarian cancer experience symptoms, even in the early stages.

Click on the 'Symptoms Of Ovarian Cancer' link for a full description of the symptoms.