24 February 2008
Campaign launched to combat Australia's biggest gynaecological cancer killer
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week is 24 February – 2 March 2008
A national media campaign alerting women to the symptoms of ovarian cancer will be launched today as new survey results reveal many Australian women are unaware of the warning signs of Australia’s biggest gynaecological cancer killer... more »
09 January 2006
New directory to assist best practice care for women with ovarian cancer
The NBCC's* Ovarian Cancer Program has today launched the first national Directory of gynaecological cancer services to assist appropriate referral of patients with ovarian cancer. The Directory is now accessible online through the Ovarian Cancer Program’s website www.ovariancancerprogram.org.au...more » View Directory
5 January 2006
Promising new results for improved survival in women with advanced ovarian cancer
A study published in today’s New England Journal of Medicine has found significant survival benefits in delivering chemotherapy directly into the abdomen of women with advanced ovarian cancer...more »
22 November 2006
Ovarian cancer survival improving
More Australian women are surviving ovarian cancer, but still more than half of those diagnosed today will not survive five years, says the latest national report on ovarian cancer released today by the National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)* and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)... more »
Monday, 27 February 2006
Women urged to get to know the symptoms of ovarian cancer
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week February 27 - March 05
Australian women are being urged to get to know the symptoms that may be ovarian cancer during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week.Each year about 1200 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Australia. More than half of these women will not survive five years after their diagnosis. The disease is very difficult to detect in its early stages because of its vague symptoms. For this reason, seven out of ten women with ovarian cancer will be diagnosed at an advanced stage, where the cancer has spread and is very difficult to treat successfully...more »
Monday, 26 February 2005
Women with ovarian cancer have their say at first National Forum
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week February 27 - March 05
Former Olympic athletes Nicole Livingstone and Raelene Boyle will join women with ovarian cancer, their family and friends to have their say on the future of ovarian cancer care in Australia at the first National Ovarian Cancer Consumer Forum in Melbourne today. The NBCC’s* Ovarian Cancer Program and the National Ovarian Cancer Network (OvCa Australia) will host the Forum with women making the journey from as far as Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Toowoomba to attend...more »
21 February 2005
Be aware, be informed: New initiatives to reduce ovarian cancer impact
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week February 20-27
Be aware, be informed: Two new initiatives will be launched today in an effort to reduce the impact of ovarian cancer on Australian women.
The National Ovarian Cancer Network (OvCa Australia) and the National Breast Cancer Centre’s (NBCC)* Ovarian Cancer Program have joined forces to encourage women to be aware and informed in the fight against the leading cause of death from gynaecological cancers... more »
9 July 2004
Australia's first clinical guidelines for ovarian cancer now available
Australia's first guidelines for health practitioners involved in caring for women with ovarian cancer will be officially launched by The Hon Trish Worth, Federal Member for Adelaide, in Adelaide on Thursday 15 July... more »
4 February 2004
Family History A Risk For Ovarian Cancer
The Ovarian Cancer Program is urging women who have had close relatives diagnosed with ovarian cancer to see their GP to have their risk of ovarian cancer investigated... more »
February 2004
Report of the National Ovarian Cancer Forum
Ovarian cancer: health service delivery supporting best practice forum report... more »
9 February 2003
New Guidelines for Ovarian Cancer Advise Doctors to Look Carefully at Vague Persistent Symptoms
The first clinical practice guidelines in Australia for the management of women with ovarian cancer recommend doctors investigate women with vague, persistent symptoms... more »
Sunday 10 February 2002
First National Report Supports New Initiatives in Ovarian Cancer
A new report highlights the potential for new initiatives to improve outcomes for women with ovarian cancer, a disease which causes 770 deaths in Australian women each year... more »
*In February 2008, National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) changed its name to National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC).
