Eve Research News- Annual screening picked up ovarian cancer earlier, but didn’t save lives

• May 12, 2021
• The Eve Appeal

The UKCTOCS trial on annual screening for ovarian cancer published it’s results today, we blog about the findings.

‘The Get Lippy Run will always be a favourite memory of 2020 for me.’

• April 22, 2021
• Sarah

Sarah writes about taking part in the Get Lippy Run last year and her nanny Sheila’s story with vulval cancer.

‘I thought how can I be bloated when I haven’t been able to eat anything’

• March 23, 2021
• Della

Della shares her story of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer at our OCAM launch event

‘We may not be able to change what happened to Sarah, but maybe someone else can be saved from the same outcome.’

• March 17, 2021
• Nikki

Nikki’s sister, Sarah-Kate, died from a rarer type of ovarian cancer, called Small Cell Hypercalcaemic Ovarian Cancer, in September 2020. She was just 38 years old. Here, Nikki shares her story for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in hope to raise awareness of this rare and little-known cancer.

‘I was told I would have to wait for covid to be over to have my surgery.’

• March 9, 2021
• Toria

Toria shares her story of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer during the pandemic for OCAM.

‘If my mother had been diagnosed even a few months earlier, we might have had many more years together.’

• March 1, 2021
• Sally

Sally reflects on losing her mum to ovarian cancer 30 years ago, and what has changed, or not changed enough since then.

The language around cervical screening & self-testing is confusing- we need clear and consistent language to increase uptake

• February 26, 2021
• The Eve Appeal

Our Comms Officer, Lydia, clears up the confusion around self-sampling HPV tests and cervical screening

‘We hadn’t even heard of vaginal cancer before, and I only found out about it when I was being told that I had it.’

• February 25, 2021
• Laura

Laura blogs about being diagnosed with vaginal cancer just as the pandemic hit in 2020.

‘It felt like I had lost my womanhood’

• January 28, 2021
• Zoe

Zoe blogs about her experience of being diagnosed with lichen sclerosus and vulval cancer to raise awareness and support further generations of girls, women, mothers and grandmothers to talk about their vulvas with confidence.

‘I’m making sure I do all I can to not get a preventable disease.’

• January 21, 2021
• Phoebe

Phoebe blogs about her experience of cervical screening with health anxiety for Cervical Screening Awareness Week.

Launched Today: Our Guide to Genetic Testing in Ovarian Cancer

• January 10, 2021
• The Eve Appeal

Next piece of the puzzle found on how our ‘good’ bacteria help protect us against ovarian cancer

• November 25, 2020
• The Eve Appeal

Eve research published today has found a causal link between ‘good’ bacteria in the vagina and the ‘software’ to our cells.