Ovarian Cancer Survival Rates

EDM number 1559 in 2010-12, proposed by Linda Riordan on 09/03/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health services.

That this House welcomes the news that ovarian cancer survival has doubled over the last 30 years; notes that the five-year survival for women with early stages of the disease has increased from 21 per cent. in the early 1970s to 41 per cent. today; recognises that these figures mean over 1,000 more women a year in England and Wales are now surviving this cancer for at least five years; praises the work of people in the health service who have helped bring about these improved figures; further recognises there is still a lot of work to do to tackle issues like late diagnosis; welcomes the fact that Cancer Research UK is helping to fund a trial of ovarian cancer screening; further praises the work of Cancer Research UK in their commitment to finding new ways to treat and detect the disease; calls for more investment to help treat and detect the disease; and further calls on a nationwide screening programme to be introduced as soon as possible to help spot potential tumours much earlier.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.