Ovarian cancer

'I wondered how this could actually be happening to me, someone who was always so fit and healthy' - Aoife's story

Meet John Hayes, one of our Advocacy Champions

Leona - 'Every now and then I have a little cry and I think about what could have happened if things weren’t caught on time'

Marcia - 'I didn’t know if I felt like going on with the wedding'

Thomasina's story - 'It was tough to hear that you can’t have any more children'

Emma Muldowney from Dalkey, Co Dublin was twenty-three years old when she was told she had Dysgerminoma, a rare form of ovarian tumor.

On World Ovarian Cancer Day and in the midst of a global pandemic, Ireland is advising women across Ireland not to ignore the warning signs of Ovarian Cancer, a disease commonly known as the ‘silent killer’.

Information about ovarian cancer including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options, and staging and grading of the cancer.