About ovarian cancer

Ovacome is the UK ovarian cancer support charity providing support and information.

We work with leading experts to provide the latest, most relevant and personalised information to those affected.

Here you will find information on ovarian cancer including guidance on the symptoms to look out for, different treatment options, advice on living life with your diagnosis and more. All of our information is available to download or you can request to order a free information booklet.

Symptoms of ovarian cancer

Information on the signs to look out for as well as a downloadable tracker to record any experienced symptoms.

Ovarian cancer risk factors

Information on the factors that may increase your risk of ovarian cancer, including genetic risk and how to manage it.

Diagnosis

Information to help you get a better understanding of your diagnosis and prepare you for what to expect.

Treatment

Information on the different treatment options for ovarian cancer, including surgery and chemotherapy.

Living with ovarian cancer

Information to support your wellbeing whilst living with ovarian cancer, including information for those with increased care needs.

Download and order information

You can download and order our information here.

"The resources are a lovely quality, full of helpful, well balanced information and explanations, not only for me personally, but also to help my family and friends have a better understanding about things I am unsure of or find hard to talk about. I have already gone back to the information a few times now to understand it better, and feel so reassured that you are there to understand and support for however long this journey may be.

I would recommend your leaflets, booklets and resources to absolutely anybody at any stage in their ovarian cancer journey."

-Britta, Ovacome member

In the past year we have:

Answered 2,100 calls to our support line.

Sent out 18,708 information booklets.

Trained 2,689 healthcare professionals.

Your stories

Lyndsey

Lyndsey talks about her diagnosis of stage 1c mucinous ovarian cancer when she was 25.

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Jackie

Jackie talks about her being diagnosed with diagnosed with stage 1c diagnosis of ovarian cancer at age 39 after being previously being found to have stage 4 endometriosis.
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Ann

Ann talks about her diagnosis of ovarian cancer, the symptoms she initialy experienced, and the discovery that she carried the BRCA2 gene variation.

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Linda

Linda talks about her experience with a rarer form of ovarian cancer and the treatment she recieved.

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Jem

Jem talks about her experience being diagnosed with ovarian cancer after her friend, knowing the symptoms, insisted that she ask for a CA125 test.

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