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I want more women to be aware of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.

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You can be young and get ovarian cancer. I should know, I was 36 years old with an 8 year old daughter when I was diagnosed with a mixed ovarian germ cell tumour. Just 4% of women in the U.K. are very confident of spotting a symptom of ovarian cancer. I want more women to be aware of the symptoms and for more health professionals to recognise that young women, especially those with a family history are also at risk. Ovarian cancer is often described as the "silent killer" because many times there are no symptoms until the disease has progressed to an advanced stage. Early symptoms of ovarian cancer are often mild, making this disease difficult to detect. I did not miss any symptoms, I was very aware of my body. I was also far from silent and I may not have been as lucky if I'd ignored my gut instinct. If everyone was caught as early as me, they would be as lucky as me. You may be thinking what about smear tests? Cervical smear tests DO NOT test for ovarian cancer. There is no national screening programme for ovarian cancer in the U.K. because there is no test that reliably picks up ovarian cancer. Until CANCER happens to YOU, it won't be REAL. You won't know how it feels, why and how on earth could you know, but by showing your support and sponsoring Gracie and I to do the Race for Life you can help Cancer Research UK find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. Help us to create more tomorrows for people. LETS BEAT CANCER SOONER.

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