https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/wocc-doo101518.php
"The World Ovarian Cancer Coalition Every Woman Study is the largest ever review of the experiences of women with ovarian cancer and includes contributions from the clinical community. It presents a bleak picture of the challenges faced by women with ovarian cancer, and those who care for them.
Nine in ten of the women in the Every Woman Study experienced symptoms prior to diagnosis and of these, eight in ten consulted a doctor - though less than half within a month and one in ten waited six months.
Across the world, diagnosis took an estimated average of 31 weeks from a woman experiencing symptoms to her diagnosis; for one in ten women diagnosis came more than a year after visiting a doctor.
A survey participant in Australia said "Governments need to do more regarding GPs [family doctors] and their lack of diagnosis and interest in women with ovarian cancer. After diagnosis I Googled and all my symptoms were mentioned. GPs were not interested enough and made me feel like a hypochondriac. This went on for months!"
There are examples of best practice in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer across the world, but no one country does well in all three areas. This means there are opportunities right now to transform survival in ovarian cancer, simply by learning from what others do well".
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