Key ovarian cancer statistics in the UK
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7500
people are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year
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4,142
people die from ovarian cancer each year
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20%
of ovarian cancers are related to hereditary gene faults
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45%
of those with ovarian cancer survive beyond 5 years
In the UK, around 7,500 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year.
Unfortunately, ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at a later stage, when survival is at its lowest.
Ovarian Cancer Action is committed to funding the research that saves lives by attacking the problem at every level; from developing better treatments so women with the disease can live longer, to developing a screening tool to ensure it is caught in its earliest stage.
Together we will find and fund the innovators who can beat this cancer.
The statistics below are shocking but they are ones that we hope - with your help - we will be able to change.
Ovarian Cancer Statistics
- 7,495 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed on average in the UK every year.
- This could increase to 9,400 new cases of ovarian cancer every year by 2040.
- Currently, one woman is diagnosed with ovarian cancer every hour in the UK.
- Ovarian cancer is the 6th most common cancer in women in the UK.
- Women have a 2% chance of getting ovarian cancer in their lifetime.
- On average 82% of UK ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed in women over the age of 50.
- A woman has a 95% chance of survival when diagnosed early, more than double the average ovarian cancer survival rate.
- Only around one third of women diagnosed have their cancer caught at stage 1-2.
- Over 50% are diagnosed at advanced stage ovarian cancer.
- There are 4,142 deaths from ovarian cancer in the UK in every year. A rate of one woman every two hours.
- Ovarian cancer kills more women a year than the other four gynae cancers combined.
Our plan to change the statistics
We know these statistics make for difficult reading. Take a look at our plan to have the biggest impact on ovarian cancer survival rates in the next few years.
Donate to ovarian cancer research
One-off donation options
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£5
Donate £5 to support life-saving awareness campaigns to see more women getting diagnosed early.
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£10
Donate £10 to help educate hundreds of health-care professionals about the complexities of ovarian cancer.
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£15
Donate £15 to support our researchers with the tools they need to build the next breakthrough towards a national screening service.
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£20
Donate £20 to fund our researchers developing ground-breaking treatments at the Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre.
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Monthly donation options
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£5
Donate £5 to support life-saving awareness campaigns to see more women getting diagnosed early.
Donate £5 -
£10
Donate £10 to help educate hundreds of health-care professionals about the complexities of ovarian cancer.
Donate £10 -
£15
Donate £15 to support our researchers with the tools they need to build the next breakthrough towards a national screening service.
Donate £15 -
£20
Donate £20 to fund our researchers developing ground-breaking treatments at the Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre.
Donate £20
Raise Awareness
Whether it's through taking to your MP, your friends or sharing a social media posts - help us raise awareness of the key symptoms, risks and facts.
