UK media: Charity calls for ovarian cancer awareness campaign (one percent aware of ovarian cancer symptoms)

"ONLY one per cent of women in the East of England are very confident in noticing symptoms of ovarian cancer, and a leading charity says symptom awareness could prevent needless deaths.....".

"The Target Ovarian Cancer Pathfinder Study 2012 did find the number of women who recognised bloating as a major sympton has nearly doubled from nine per cent to 17 per cent, but in the East of England this was 13 per cent.

The charity said this still compares poorly to other cancers with 76 per cent of women knowing a breast lump is a sign of breast cancer.
Ms Jones said: “The evidence is piling up. Women are being let down by the failure to act in the UK. We need a national awareness campaign now to end needless deaths from this disease......"