The Australian Ovarian Cancer Study

Each year, approximately 1200 Australian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and about 750 women die from the disease - one every 12 hours. This makes it one of the top five causes of cancer death in women. It is also one of the most difficult cancers to diagnose because there are no specific symptoms. As a result it is often diagnosed very late, making it hard to treat.

The Australian Ovarian Cancer Study is a collaboration between epidemiologists, molecular biologists and clinicians. The aim is to identify the causes of ovarian cancer in order to help prevent it from occurring and to treat it better when it does.

For the study we are recruiting participants nation-wide and collecting a broad array of information from each. This includes questionnaire-based assessments of lifestyle exposures, medical information and biological specimens including blood samples.

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