Hilary Swank has filed a federal lawsuit against the actors’ union health plan to resume coverage of her treatment for recurrent malignant ovarian cysts. The Oscar-winning actress filed her lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against the trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan over coverage for ovarian cysts that have afflicted her … Read more
Doctors successfully remove world’s largest ovarian tumour which weighed EIGHT STONE from 52-year-old woman in India The patient had complained about her weight ballooning to almost 17 stone Her feet began to swell and one doctor said it was lucky her organs hadn’t failed Surgery at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi lasted for three … Read more
Nurse diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer at age 24 says she ignored the warning signs and urges women to take notice of the tell-tale symptoms Australian nurse Emma was diagnosed with ovarian cancer aged 24 years old She had surgery to remove a 15-centimetre mass from her pelvis after she felt it Doctors diagnosed Emma with … Read more
Thousands of women’s lives are being lost to ovarian cancer because of needless delays in diagnosis, damning report warns Report by the Target Ovarian Cancer charity says there is huge postcode lottery In England, percentage diagnosed before untreatable ranges from 56% to 29% GPs and women themselves often do not know which symptoms to look … Read more