Ovarian Cancer

Cancer of the ovaries is the second most common gynaecological cancer, accounting for about 5 per cent of all women's cancers, and the fourth most common cancer in women after breast, bowel, and lung cancer.

Each year in the UK, nearly 7,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and 4,400 die from the disease. While treatment for ovarian cancer has advanced over the last 20 years, long term survival rates have improved very little. Over the same period, survival rates for breast and cervical cancers have greatly improved.