Doctors, nurses and patients yesterday held a special open day to launch the initiative and raise awareness of a disease dubbed the silent killer.
Their message was that if ovarian cancer is detected early enough, the survival rate is 95%.
If, however, diagnosis is not until the advanced stages, 85% of women will die of the disease.
Picture: Patricia Eastgate, who is recovering from ovarian cancer, with her daughter Allison McGrath and grandchildren Oliver (9) and Erin (6) Picture: JON GUEGAN (00554686)
