( Ovarian cancer otherwise referred to as...)Ovarian Cancer Research Faces Funds Crunch,Health

Ovarian cancer otherwise referred to as the silent killer is one of the leading causes of death among the female population. The famous comedian Lynda Gibson died of ovarian cancer two years ago. // Previous year ovarian cancer was the main cause of death of 800 Australian women. But the sad state is that the Federal Government, through the National Health and Medical Research Council, allotted only $3.8 million for research into ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is a subtle disease. It is very difficult to detect. In the early stages the symptoms are very vague and are often ignored by the patient. Symptoms such as bloating, pressure on the pelvis, back pain and tiredness are common during the early stages of ovarian cancer. Stages one and two are considered to be early detection and can be cured if treatment is administered immediately. Late diagnosis more commonly results in stages three and four cancers, which are less likely to be curable. That is the reason why 800 of the 1200 women diagnosed each year die within five years.

An early detection test and public awareness can reverse the situation of ovarian cancer. But, without substantial research funding, it will be a long wait before there is such a test which could detect it presence in the early stage.

Many fund raising events are conducted as part of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week. One such is the fund-raising walk/run. This attracted more than a thousand participants in an effort to raise $50,000. The proliferation of such events and of the selling of colored ribbons (silver for ovarian cancer) point to the urgent need to make up the serious shortfall in government and philanthropic funding for cancer research.

Though Australian scientists are leading the world its expenditure on health and medical research follows that of Canada, US, UK, Switzerland, France and Japan. The Australian Association for Medical Research also concluded by issuing a statement that public sector fundi
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