Established in 2000, the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF) is dedicated to funding national ovarian cancer research. The OCRF wants to ensure a future where no woman’s well-being is under threat from ovarian cancer by:    

• prioritising research that will have the biggest impact for the most women & girls    
• collaborating with ovarian cancer experts to identify & pursue promising projects    
• reducing current lethal threat & striving for complete eradication of ovarian cancer     
• providing hope & personalised treatment options aimed at extending the lives of women & girls currently fighting ovarian cancer   
•  aiming to develop a non-invasive, accessible, reliable early detection test that will save women’s & girls' lives    
• focusing on prevention & cure so women & girls will live without threat of ovarian cancer    

Facts about ovarian cancer:    

• in Australia, one woman or girl dies every 8 hours from ovarian cancer    
• around 1,800 australian women & girls are diagnosed with ovarian cancer annually      
• there is no early detection test for ovarian cancer - 70% of women & girls are diagnosed in advanced stages & only 25% survive beyond 5 years    
• causes of ovarian cancer are unknown    
• symptoms can be vague & easily attributed to other conditions    
• the same ovarian cancer drugs have been used since 1992

Your much needed donation to OCRF will be tax deductible

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