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Our mission is to double survival from ovarian cancer by 2050. We aim to improve early diagnosis to save lives. In the UK over 7,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year. 1 in 7 women die within 2 months of diagnosis. If diagnosed at the earliest stage, 9 in 10 women will survive.
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Situation
“Awareness is key to unlocking early diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Just one in five women can name a key symptom of ovarian cancer – persistent bloating. This, combined with nearly half of GPs wrongly believing that the symptoms only present in the later stages of the disease, can lead to misdiagnosis or women not being diagnosed at all, resulting in more deaths from ovarian cancer.” – Dr Sharon Tate, Head of Primary Care Development, Target Ovarian Cancer.
Solution
Through our national education programme for GPs we are developing GPs’ knowledge of ovarian cancer symptoms, meaning women can be referred sooner, increasing early stage diagnosis. We have already reached 43% of the UK GP population but we need to reach more - our aim is to reach 50%. We are also increasing public awareness of symptoms and pushing UK governments to fund awareness campaigns. In 2022/23, there were 635 million opportunities to see our symptoms awareness work across the UK.
