Last year’s news of Angelina Jolie receiving an elective preventative mastectomy was quite shocking but is not the only way to prevent women’s genetic cancers. Let’s not overlook the power of prevention. A lot of lives could be saved by simply getting properly tested. Here we are shedding some light on Ovarian Cancer, for which there’s currently no screening tool and symptoms are often…
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month so we have gathered important information on how to prevent it and how to recognise potential symptoms.
Prevention
General advice for all cancers is a healthy diet rich in fruit and veg, exercise and maintaining a healthy weight. However, some specific advice for ovarian cancer prevention include:
– stop smoking
– if a woman has the choice, breast…