Last year deaths from ovarian cancer topped the number of women killed on our roads, yet people with the disease say it is an ignored crisis. Today a petition with more than 7000 signatures, calling for national diagnostic guidelines to …
New Normal Same Cancer
During the pandemic, some of us in New Zealand may have felt uneasy about visiting our medical centres or GP’s. In fact, the psychosocial effects of COVID-19 have been a significant factor in declining numbers of cancer tests as the …
Dear MPs it’s time for the silence to end
In February 2021, for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, we once again wrote to New Zealand MPs to draw their attention to the appalling state of affairs for women with ovarian cancer. You can read our letter below. 01/02/21 Dear Member …
NZ woman’s message after ovarian cancer was dismissed by doctors
A New Zealand woman who was diagnosed with Stage Four Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer was initially dismissed by doctors as constipation or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Erin Bassett, 36, first visited a doctor after noticing changes to her body in …
Petition pushing to redress ovarian cancer imbalance
Cure Our Ovarian Cancer founder Jane Ludemann was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer in 2017, and was told she would likely live another five to 15 years. She’s spearheading a petition to Parliament asking for the development …
Ovarian Cancer Petition
A Dunedin woman with ovarian cancer is calling on legislators and decision-makers to start taking the disease more seriously. Jane Ludemann was diagnosed with low-grade serous carcinoma in 2017, and doctors gave her a life-expectancy of 5-15 years, based on …
Messenger kept home, but message gets to New York
A Dunedin woman was given about $44,000 worth of space on a New York billboard to mark World Ovarian Cancer Day. Jane Ludemann was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer in 2017, at the age of 32, and …
Young ovarian cancer survivor shares story to help others
A young Tongan woman lost half her large intestine, a chunk of her diaphragm and her fertility to a cancer she had never heard of. Alisi Jack-Kaufusi was 24 when she was diagnosed with a rare mix of two ovarian …
I lost two mums to ovarian cancer before I was 30
I’m writing this not as a cancer survivor but as a daughter who has been hit with the reality of this awful disease not once, but twice. Now I feel it’s my duty to spread awareness – and this February …
Time the government listened to the facts of ovarian cancer
It’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness month in February, and women with the disease are sick of dying while they wait for their voices to be heard. In New Zealand, ovarian cancer kills more women every year than melanoma or the national …