insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 01 - March 2015 | Página 54

HEALTH+WELLNESS

Ovarian Cancer
Awareness Month
In aid of Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Month this March, research charity,
Ovarian Cancer Action, has chosen the
theme 'Right to Know'.
Ovarian cancer isn’t as well-known as some
other female cancers, yet it is the fifth most
common – with more than 7,000 newly diagnosed
cases in the UK each year. The UK has one of
the lowest survival rates in Western Europe, with
a woman dying from ovarian cancer every two
hours, resulting in 4,300 deaths annually. Even
so, treatments for ovarian cancer haven’t
progre