Most women are unable to name one symptom of ovarian cancer, according to a new study reported in The Independent. Research by Target Ovarian Cance...
Just days after Angelina Jolie revealed she has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, reports suggest that the movie star...
GPs could be routinely testing patients for their genetic risk of cancer within five years following a landmark study. The biggest investigation of...
Almost half of women incorrectly believe that smear tests can detect ovarian cancer, a charity has warned. Target Ovarian Cancer said that a poll o...
A genetically modified herpes virus has been created that can block the spread of breast and ovarian cancer. Scientists believe the virus, which ha...
You might think that work would be the last thing on my mind, but when your life has been shattered by a cancer diagnosis, stability in other aspects of life becomes paramount and work can play a pivotal role in shaping your routine, your relationships and your identity.
A television journalist has revealed she may die within six months after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer for a third time. BBC news corresponde...
A link has been discovered between stem cell factors in ovarian cancer which could help develop therapies, according to a new study. The research, ...
I'll just come straight out with it: I want them gone. I don't mean I want to be flat-chested forever - I want a full reconstruction, but I want rid of my natural breasts and the risk of getting cancer again.
Women are less likely to survive ovarian cancer in the UK than in other comparable countries, researchers have said. Differences in treatment for a...
According to a team of Oxford academics, women blessed in the height department have an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. Researchers fr...
According to a study by the Ovarian Cancer Action, ovarian cancer survival rates for British women lag behind the rest of Europe, with one woman dying...
Statistics show that one in three women over the age of 30 will suffer with some kind of incontinence. This is not a condition of the elderly; it is something that will probably affect you or the woman sitting next to you at some time in your life.
We urgently need to improve how women with ovarian cancer are treated. I hope that further results from the ICON7 trial that are due out over the next year or so will bring us the knowledge to do this.
Scientists have trialed a drug that can potentially slow down the progression of ovarian cancer down by up to six months. Trial leader Dr Amit Oza,...
A 16-year-old girl whose GP insisted that she was six months pregnant discovered, following a scan, that her 'baby bump' was a large ovarian tumour. ...
Catholic nuns should go on the Pill, two experts have argued. Experts Dr Kara Britt and Professor Roger Short say that taking the contraceptive pil...
I liken the experience to childbirth: absolutely relentlessly hellish in parts, goes on painfully for a good long while but when it's all over and done, the feeling is of euphoria and achievement...and any tough memories are instantly erased. And, like having babies, I know I'll sign up for another at some point soon.
It has long since been the enemy of the body-conscious, but a 'muffin top' wasitline could pose a far more serious threat to women, according to scien...
Never one to be shy of taking up a challenge (Dancing on Ice, Total Wipeout, MasterChef to name a few), my next death-defying adventure is a 400km cycle ride in Kenya, on behalf of Women V Cancer.
Women who take the contraceptive pill for a decade could be reducing their risk of developing ovarian cancer by 45%, a recent study has discovered. ...
A chemical in the blood could one day help doctors spot early signs of ovarian cancer, research suggests....
