Ovarian cancer

Trusting my instincts helped saved my life.

''We have tried to...''

''I learned that I'm so much more comfortable with who I am than I think.''

''Oh my God, it's going to be the end of an era.''

Why it "really is the cherry on top" of her career.

Narell Whitehead shares her harrowing fight against women’s deadliest cancer — and how she almost put first symptoms down to ‘being a woman’.

February is Ovulation Awareness Month, and knowing these facts could save a life.

One woman's story of how her whole life changed in an instant.

I first met Jill Emerson late last year in a room behind an old heritage-listed art gallery in the NSW port town of Newcastle. Dozens of women were gathered around a long table, chattering brightly as they sewed silk and cotton flowers. Only two colours were used in their creations: the pink of the breast […]

Nicole Graney is the youngest Australian woman to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and says she's lucky to still be alive.

As a trained nurse, Heather Hawkins knew the terrible things that her ovarian cancer could bring. What Heather didn't know was that her darkest hour would inspire her to become a marathon runner.

“There are miracles out there and this is one of them.”

The actress discovered she was at high risk of developing ovarian cancer after surviving breast cancer.

The test will be covered by Medicare for high-risk patients and their families.

Arming yourself with this knowledge will make you think twice about ignoring what your body may be trying to tell you.

Can you even imagine what it would be like to be diagnosed with stage 4 cancer aged 39 with two young children? Caitlin Delaney shares her story.

Have you ever asked yourself: can you get pregnant after menopause? Well, as this new mum at 47 can tell you, the answer is YES.

Considering 1 in 2 Aussie men, and 1 in 3 women, are expected to be diagnosed with some sort of cancer before the age of 85, this is a potentially revolutionary breakthrough.

Glenn Levett opens up to The Weekly about the heartbreaking loss of his wife, Anne, and what we all need to do to try to avoid losing a loved one, just as he did.

Out of the 660,000 Australian women who're at moderate to high risk of breast and ovarian cancer, almost two thirds don't even know it.

Our thoughts are with Amy's friends and family during this difficult time.

This latest treatment is said to be the “most significant” development of its kind in three decades.

23-year-old Cheyann Shaw is bravely giving fans a #NoFilter look into her life with the illness.

The Australian trial has the potential to increase early detection and life expectancy.

The NRL legend drove two hours to be by Kia's side in her final hours.

The How I Met Your Mother star penned a confessional essay about her experience with cancer in Lena Dunham’s Lenny Letter.

A mum-of-three from Port Adelaide will face court over claims she faked cancer to get money off her friends and family.

“Just because something is a bit awkward to talk about, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t.”

Prominent Australian socialite, Lady Susan Renouf, has tragically died from ovarian cancer on her 74th birthday.

For too long, gynaecological cancer has been hidden under a cloud of silence. Until now.

23-year-old Kristen was living in London when she first started getting pains in her stomach. She thought it was just period pain, however it turned out to be something much worse.

Johnson & Johnson's baby powder is not the innocuous product we once thought. It is linked to cancer.

A new report has suggested that regular tests for ovarian cancer could save more than 200 lives each year.

The Australian Women’s Weekly have joined with L’Oreal Paris to raise much needed funds to support of the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation in their effort to find an early detection test.

Today is World Ovarian Cancer Day. To bring the issue into focus, we share our chat with Elly Mayday the plus size model, who was about to break into the big-time when cancer struck.

The plan, which has been developed in consultation with ovarian cancer researchers and women living with the disease, provides a roadmap for research priorities across a number of areas. About 1000 women die from ovarian cancer each year in Australia and only 43 out of every 100 women diagnosed are still alive five years after […]

Tampons could help doctors detect early-stage ovarian cancer, a new study suggests.

The seven-year study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, looked at more than 1100 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2005 and found that the mortality rate for country women was 20 per cent higher than women in a metropolitan area. It also found just 35 per cent of rural based women lived for […]

Actress Angelina Jolie has spoken out about her decision to have a double preventative mastectomy last year.

An Australian woman who was left infertile after undergoing ovarian cancer treatment is pregnant with twins after a world first ovarian tissue graft. Vali, 27, requested her ovarian tissue be frozen to preserve her fertility when cancer treatment forced her ovaries to lose function and eventually be removed. The cancer treatment left her menopausal at […]

Women who regularly use talcum powder are almost a quarter more likely to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, scientists say. Forty per cent of women are thought to apply talcum powder daily for intimate personal hygiene, but research published in journal Cancer Prevention Research shows doing so increases risk of ovarian tumour by 24 per […]

Angelina Jolie has earned universal praise for the brave and surprising decision to have her breasts removed but her cancer-preventing medical ordeal may not be over yet.

Nineteen years after her diagnosis, ovarian cancer survivor Margaret Rose told an Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day leaders forum today the reason the disease isn’t talked about as much as other women’s health issues is because “not many of us survive”. An average of 1200 Australian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and of […]

Are you at risk of this life-threatening cancer? Read on for the signs you should not ignore. It’s the silent killer that even experienced doctors find hard to diagnose. What woman hasn’t suffered bloating, odd weight loss and back pain? Common health complaints such as these can be a sign of something more worrying — […]

Women whose ovarian cancer is in remission after surgery and/or chemotherapy are being sought to take part in a worldwide trial of a vaccine that may stop the disease returning. The vaccine trial involves 800 women from Australia, America and Europe. Earlier trials of the Australian-developed CVac™ vaccine indicate it is non-toxic and has no […]

Two antioxidant flavonoids that you’ve probably never heard of – kaempferol and luteolin – may hold the key to fighting ovarian cancer, often called ‘the silent killer’ because it has few symptoms and is usually only diagnosed at an advanced stage. A study of 66,940 women at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA, published […]

February is Australia’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and The Weekly wants every woman to know the signs and risks associated with this disease. Most women with ovarian cancer experience at least one symptom of the disease in the year prior to their diagnosis. Abdominal bloating, abdominal or back pain, appetite loss or feeling full quickly, […]