Last year’s news of Angelina Jolie receiving an elective preventative mastectomy was quite shocking but is not the only way to prevent women’s genetic cancers. Let’s not overlook the power of prevention. A lot of lives could be saved by simply getting properly tested. Here we are shedding some light on Ovarian Cancer, for which there’s currently no screening tool and symptoms…
Women aged 25 to 49 are invited to attend for cervical screening every three years; those aged 50 to 64 are invited every five years. Recent figures have shown that 20% of women still do not attend their cervical screen. A cervical screening test or as it is more commonly known, a smear test, is a method of detecting abnormal (pre-cancerous) cells in the cervix in order to help prevent cervical…
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month so we have gathered important information on how to prevent it and how to recognise potential symptoms.
Prevention
General advice for all cancers is a healthy diet rich in fruit and veg, exercise and maintaining a healthy weight. However, some specific advice for ovarian cancer prevention include:
– stop smoking
– if a woman has the choice…
Every year 12,000 people die from the disease and a recent survey commissioned by BMI Healthcare found that in London, 74 per cent of people had either suffered from, or knew someone who had been affected by breast cancer.
The commitment to the campaign aims to highlight some key facts about the disease. The number of people being diagnosed with breast cancer, which affects both men and women…