Information & Treatment

Ovarian cancer is the most serious of all gynecological cancers. Over 2500 Canadian women are diagnosed every year; and every year 1700 women succumb to this disease. Symptoms are varied, vague and easily missed.

There is no screening test to detect it. But when found early – and treated – ovarian cancer survival rate is 90%.

Be Aware Of The Symptoms; Listen To Your Body

The symptoms are generally vague, non-specific and can be mistakenly attributed to other causes.
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Be More Informed About Treatment

Treatment plans for ovarian cancer depend on the stage and grade of the cancer.
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This Is What Every Woman Needs To Know

There is a lifetime risk of 1 in 70 that you will develop ovarian cancer
Many doctors are unfamiliar with the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and fail to consider it as a possible diagnosis
Failure to find the disease in its early stages is partly due to (i) lack of sensitive detection tests and (ii) health care providers and even women themselves may ignore warning symptoms
A Pap smear does not detect ovarian cancer
HPV vaccine helps prevent cervical cancer, not ovarian cancer

Pain in the abdomen is not necessarily a symptom of ovarian cancer – even if you have no pain, your doctor cannot rule out ovarian cancer
Even though ovarian cancer is known as the "disease that whispers" the majority of women with ovarian cancer report symptoms, including women diagnosed at an early stage
Ovarian cancer rates rise after menopause, peaking from age 60-75, although it can occur at any age
The hereditary form, found in families where many close relatives have had breast and/or ovarian cancer, tends to occur at an earlier age