Your Stories
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Anita Leslau's story
Anita Leslau was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer when she was 72 years old. In 2017, she told us her story.
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Emilie Woodman: "This was the first time in my life that someone had mentioned the connection between breast and ovarian cancer."
Emilie always knew it was a possibility that she might have the BRCA gene mutation as her mother and grandmother had both died from early onset breast cancer.
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Jane Williams: "I’m sharing my story to highlight the importance of recognising the early warning signs of ovarian cancer"
Jane was diagnosed with stage 1A ovarian clear cell cancer in February 2014, at the age of 54.
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Sara Lowe: "Ovarian cancer was not something I had ever pondered before my diagnosis."
US-based Sara was was first diagnosed 15 March 2013 at the age of 21 and suffered a recurrence on 12 December 2014. Now in remission, she hopes to use her story to raise awareness of the disease and help others.
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Cara Wright: "I’d battled cancer and lost my baby to cot death all on the same day."
Cara's ovarian cancer was detected by a routine blood test when she four and a half months pregnant
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Jamie Wildman
After initally thinking that her symptoms were related to her diet, Jamie was eventually diagnosed with stage 3b grade serous tubal ovarian cancer in May 2015.
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Charley Wood
After losing her mum, grandma and great aunt to ovarian cancer all at very young ages, Charley knew there must be a link.