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Symptoms of ovarian cancer must not be dismissed, charity warns

Most women do not know that bloating is a key symptom of ovarian cancer, while GPs are also too quick to dismiss the signs, a charity has warned. A poll of 1,000 women for Target Ovarian Cancer found 79% did not know that bloating is a symptom, ...

22 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Death rates from ovarian cancer predicted to fall in the UK this year

Ovarian cancer death rates are predicted to fall by 17% in the UK this year compared to 2017, a study suggests. The data indicates the rates will fall by 7% in EU countries, with researchers suggesting the falls are mainly due to the use of ...

26 Jan 2022 at 01:27

Health

Healthy nurse has breasts and ovaries removed “to see sons grow up” as BRCA1 gene mutation makes her susceptible to cancer in both

An ICU nurse who was eight when her mum died from breast cancer and is desperate to see her sons grow up has had life changing surgery to remove her breasts and ovaries after inheriting the BRCA1 gene mutation making her more susceptible ...

13 May 2022 at 08:25

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BIG READ: ‘It is vital to raise awareness,’ says ovarian cancer survivor

In 2017 Kat Shelley, Cloughjordan, was visiting family in North Carolina when she became ill. She had been off for more than a year with bloating, but now she was experiencing “excruciating pain”, loss of appetite and urgency to go to ...

13 May 2022 at 09:33

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BIG READ:‘It is vital to raise awareness,’ says ovarian cancer survivor

13 May 2022 at 09:33

Health & Wellbeing

Angelina Jolie shares tribute to late mum and urges women with family cancer history to get checked

Angelina Jolie has urged women with a history of cancer in their family to “look after” themselves and “take mamograms, blood tests and ultrasounds”. The actor posted a touching tribute to her late mum on Instagram for what would ...

09 May 2023 at 12:38

Health

Medical student with 14cm cyst on ovary at 17 ‘determined to train as doctor and help others’ after cancer treatment

A medical student who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at just 17, throwing up outside A&E due to the 14cm cyst wrapped around her fallopian tube, is now training to be a doctor and says her diagnosis has only made her “more ...

22 Mar 2023 at 07:00

Health

Woman, 34, told she was ‘too young for cancer’ by doctors diagnosed with womb and ovarian cancer three months apart

A woman who went to her GP about changes in her period and backache was diagnosed with womb and ovarian cancer within three months of each other, leaving her “completely shocked” as doctors previously reassured her she was ...

10 Mar 2023 at 07:00

Health

Teenager who thought she was pregnant had ovarian cancer and is studying to become a nurse, saying ‘life’s too short’

A teenager who thought she was pregnant after her stomach unexpectedly became rounder, and who was told it was constipation by her GP, was later diagnosed with ovarian cancer and is now a student nurse after realising ...

21 Jul 2023 at 07:00

Health

Student told she looked pregnant at 15 finds out extreme swelling was caused by 20cm cancerous tumour on her ovary

A student who was told it looked as though she was pregnant aged 15 because her belly swelled so much because of a 20cm cancerous tumour on her right ovary, is now studying for a nursing degree to “give back to the ...

11 Apr 2024 at 06:30

Scotland

Scots woman appeals to ministers as report shows ovarian cancer delays

A Scottish woman who used her life savings to travel south of the border for ovarian cancer surgery is urging ministers to increase support after a report showed 41% of women reported waiting more than three ...

27 Apr 2023 at 18:27

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“I never thought I would be glad to say I’m 60”

Maghera woman Pauline Donnelly believed she was suffering from fatigue until she started running to the toilet more often than usual. That’s when she discovered she had ovarian cancer. “I was diagnosed in ...

24 Feb 2024 at 10:33

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