Missed opportunities over 18 months mean ovarian cancer will be fatal

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Missed opportunities over 18 months mean ovarian cancer will be fatal

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Thursday 14 December 2017, 02:42 PM

A patient diagnosed with stage IIB ovarian cancer reflects on her recent experience, and what lessons it holds for the doctors of the women in the future who present with this subtle disease

The role of GPs is more critical than that of the gynaecological oncologists My name is Jane. I am a 32-year-old optometrist who loves tramping,

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References

Ministry of Health (2015). Cancer: New registrations and deaths 2012. Available online

Cancer Research UK. Ovarian cancer: Survival. Available online

Ministry of Health. Ovarian cancer (pdf). Available online

Goff BA, Mandel L, Muntz HG et al. Ovarian carcinoma diagnosis: Results of a national ovarian cancer survey. Cancer 2000;89(10):2068–75.

Cancer Australia (2015). Assessment of symptoms that may be cancer: A guide for general practitioners. Available online

NICE Guidance. Ovarian cancer: recognition and initial management. CG122. April 2011. Available online

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