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Beating ovarian cancer

One woman dies of ovarian cancer every two days in New Zealand, yet few women seem to even know what the symptoms are.

By Geraldine Johns In Commentary

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28th May, 2011
Every cancer has its day – or maybe even its month. August has daffodils to highlight the illness as a whole. October, with its plethora of pink ribbons, is breast cancer awareness month. There’s Movember for prostate cancer, and on it goes. Not many people know September is gynaecological cancer awareness month – symbolised by a teal ribbon – and nor, until it has progressed to a dangerous stage, do many women know they have one particularly sinister type – ovarian – at which late point, long-term survival rates are just 30%. Lisa Finucane is having a crash course in ovarian ...

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