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Press release Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Awareness – Harm or Help? It’s known as the “Silent Killer” as by the time ovarian cancer is actually detected it's often too late. Eighty five percent of women whose cancer is detected in the later stages die. However, with early detection, ninety five percent survive. There has been a very heated debate amongst the medical world regarding the merits of an ovarian cancer public education campaign. Some worry that the symptoms are not always clear cut and it may cause undue stress to patients and unnecessary workload to doctors. Others – women whose ovarian cancer has been detected at an early stage – say awareness is a life-saver. Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Awareness – Harm or Help? will be the first ever UK consensus meeting to debate and agree the importance of signs and symptoms in diagnosing ovarian cancer. It aims to provide a vital first step in the process of delivering the most up to date evidence based expert guidance to UK women on which signs and symptoms to look out for, and what action to take. Professor Mike Richards, National Clinical Director for Cancer, will open the debate which will bring together the leading UK and US experts on ovarian cancer including Professor Ian Jacobs, Director of UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health. Says Professor Jacobs, “The Consensus Conference will be a critical part in the process of delivering best practice advice to women and I welcome it wholeheartedly.” Organised by research charity The Eve Appeal in partnership with patient support charity Ovacome, the consensus conference will take place during the Innovations and Progress in Healthcare for Women Conference organised by the UCL Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health on 8th April in London. For further information about the Consensus Conference please contact:
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