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Key Messages for Ovarian Cancer:
- Every ten hours a woman dies from ovarian cancer in Australia because there is no early detection test
- Finding an early detection test is the key to improving the survival rate
- Over 50% of Australian women remain unaware that ovarian cancer is not detected by a pap smear
- Ovarian cancer has a lower survival rate than breast and cervical cancer, both of which have early detection tests
- OCRF's goal is to develop and implement an early detection test that ultimately becomes as readily available and habitual as a pap smear or breast mammography in every woman’s regular medical.
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