Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month is the initiative of Ovarian Cancer Australia. Awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms is vital for every Australian woman of any age because every day ovarian cancer affects someone's partner, someone's sister, someone's daughter or someone's mother.

On February 1, Ovarian Cancer Australia is launching Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 2010 to help save lives by raising awareness about the symptoms of ovarian cancer and provide support for those touched by ovarian cancer.

-In 2010, more than 1500 Australia women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer
-More than 850 will die from the disease that's 1 woman every 11 hours
-75% of women are diagnosed in the advanced stages and will not live beyond 5 years
-Ovarian cancer is the 6th most common cause of death in Australian women
-Ovarian cancer can affect women of all ages girls as young as 7 have been diagnosed. But the risk of getting ovarian cancer increases with age. The average age for an ovarian cancer diagnosis is 64.
-There is no detection test a Pap smear does NOT detect ovarian cancer
-The majority of Australian women don't know the symptoms of ovarian cancer but almost all women with ovarian cancer suffer symptoms
-To ensure a good chance of survival it is essential that ovarian cancer is caught in the early stages
-If found in the early stages, the majority of women will be alive and well after five years
-Awareness of symptoms is the principle means of early diagnosis to save lives!