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Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cancer in UK women, with nearly 7,000 cases diagnosed every year.
The risk of ovarian cancer increases with age, and having a strong family history of the disease also increases a woman’s risk. Women who are overweight or obese or are taking HRT also have a higher risk. Women who have not had children have a greater risk of the cancer than those who have given birth. But taking the contraceptive pill for a number of years reduces the risk of ovarian cancer.
Cancer Research UK is one of the major funders of ovarian cancer research in the UK, investigating ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease. For example, we are funding research into screening for ovarian cancer, which has the potential to detect the disease at a much earlier stage and save lives.
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- News story: More evidence that beta blockers help stop cancers from spreading
30 January 2013 - News story: Israeli researchers developing BRCA 'radiation' test
22 January 2013 - News story: Blood cell gene fault linked to breast and ovarian cancer
17 December 2012 - Press Release: Death rates from ovarian cancer have fallen by 20 per cent over last decade
20 November 2012 - Press Release: Differences in treatment for advanced ovarian cancer could explain why UK survival lags behind other countries
3 October 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK initiative attracts innovative targeted cancer trials to the UK
31 May 2012 - News story: Study uncovers types of ovarian cancer linked to endometriosis
22 February 2012 - Press Release: Women with faulty BRCA genes more likely to survive ovarian cancer
24 January 2012 - Press Release: Evolving ovarian cancer cells 'dodge' treatment with chemotherapy
19 December 2011 - News story: Ovarian cancer 'is not detectable' in the blood for years
16 November 2011
- News story: Late ovarian cancer diagnoses 'are costing lives'
23 January 2013 - News story: Cervical smear tests 'could also detect ovarian and womb cancer'
10 January 2013 - Press Release: High-risk women may need more frequent ovarian cancer screening
7 December 2012 - Press Release: First figures help set the standard for gynaecological cancer surgery
5 November 2012 - Press Release: Gene helps predict which women with ovarian cancer will benefit most from chemotherapy
19 September 2012 - Press Release: Blood test gives 'real-time' picture of cancer
30 May 2012 - Press Release: Scientists reveal best imaging technique for ovarian cancer
14 February 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches 'outpatients' trial of breast and ovarian cancer drug
11 January 2012 - Press Release: First patients enrolled in project to improve NHS cancer gene testing
21 November 2011 - News story: Clue to spread of ovarian cancer
31 October 2011
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