Ovarian cancer van comes to Blackpool

‘Know your ovaries’ is a campaign that aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.

More than 7,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the UK each year, but survival rates remain stubbornly low, in part because many cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage.

Only around one third of women diagnosed have their cancer caught at stage one or two, with over 50 per cent of cancers diagnosed at advanced stages. A woman has a 95 per cent chance of survival when diagnosed early, more than double the average ovarian cancer survival rate.

As part of the campaign, a mobile van will travel around Lancashire and South Cumbria throughout September and October, visiting town centres, supermarkets and community events. Trained volunteers will be on hand to offer talks, interactive symptom checkers, Q&A sessions and signposting to support groups and healthcare providers.