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In Her Name week.
This week (5th-11th December) is In Her Name week, a week in which we remember women lost to ovarian cancer.
Every year 295,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Survival rates depend on the stage at which the cancer is detected. Almost 95% of women detected at stage 1 will survive their cancer for 5+ years.
For women diagnosed at stage 4 (after metastasis or spread away from the ovaries to other organs), 15% will survive for 5 years.
Common signs and symptoms are shown in the diagram.
