Ovarian Cancer Action

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month was recently launched by Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP, Minister of State for Health Services (1)

who announced funding for a symptoms awareness campaign to be delivered by Ovarian Cancer Action.

Ovarian Cancer Action reveals 'shocking' levels of awareness of ovarian cancer and the associated symptoms

Actresses Rebecca Atkinson and Samantha Siddall from Channel 4's award winning drama ‘Shameless' have been busy in the North promoting the Pants campaign.

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On 29th January, Ovarian Cancer Action's annual dinner was held at Middle Temple Hall in London. The Prime Minister's wife, Sarah Brown and David Lammy, Minister for Skills, attended the event, which raised over £280,000! Ben Fogle hosted the evening, and Anna Massey, Angharad Rees, Sharon Maughan and Daisy Goodwin performed poems and Dame Felicity Lott and Gwyneth Herbert sang songs, all in celebration of women.

Andrea Murray, David Lammy, Gwyneth Strong, Ranjana Malhotr and Ann Richenberga	Beverley Calvert, Ben Fogle and Marina Fogle
Ben Fogle	Guests enjoy the party
Tania Bryer and  Rod Barker

Ovarian cancer and the Ashkenazi Inheritance

Ashkenazi Jewish women have a 10 fold higher risk than the general population of having a mutation in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene, which can put them at greater risk of ovarian cancer.

On the evening of Wednesday 19th September over 100 men and women packed Bloomstein Hall in Great Cumberland Place, London for a health awareness lecture organised by Ovarian Cancer Action and the West End communities.

Informative talks were given by Professor Hani Gabra, Director of theOvarian Cancer Action Research Centre at Imperial College, and Professor Alan Ashworth of the Institute of Cancer Research.

There was a lively panel debate, chaired by Professor Stan Kaye, of the Institute of Cancer Research. The panel included geneticist Dr James Mackay, and GP doctor Debbie Kirklin. Allyson Kaye, Chair,Ovarian Cancer Action, who was also a panellist on the evening said "It was good that people came away knowing more about the importance of their family history and the symptoms of ovarian cancer".

The Ashkenazi Inheritance leaflet is available by calling 0208 238 7605, emailing info@ovarian.org.uk 

New study confirms importance of symptoms in ovarian cancer

A simple symptoms' checklist may aid in detection of early ovarian cancer according to a new US study.

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month was recently launched by Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP, Minister of State for Health Services

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