OCFNZ-Funded Researchers Take Centre Stage At National Oncology Conference
This year’s New Zealand Society of Oncology (NZSO) conference, Cancer and the Community, brought together clinicians, researchers, advocates, and people with lived experience to share ideas on improving cancer care across Aotearoa. Our founder and trustee, Jane Ludemann, and trustee, Dr Alicia Didsbury attended, and were inspired to see researchers the Ovarian Cancer Foundation New […]
WOCD 2025: The symptoms are easy to overlook, but the impact isn’t
Today is World Ovarian Cancer Day, a day that means something different to all of us. For some, it marks a personal diagnosis. For others, it’s a reminder of someone they love. But for all of us, it’s a day to keep raising awareness and pushing for change. This year we want to highlight the […]
Ovarian Cancer Can Affect Anyone: World Ovarian Cancer Day 2024
Wednesday 8 May is World Ovarian Cancer Day, an important day to shine a light on New Zealand’s least survivable gynaecological cancer. With one woman diagnosed every 29 hours, and a five-year survival rate of just 36% it’s crucial that New Zealanders learn the symptoms of ovarian cancer, and support the Ovarian Cancer Foundation’s efforts […]
Shining A Light On Rare Ovarian Cancers
Cure Our Ovarian Cancer is honoured to be invited to take part in a global expert panel discussion on rare ovarian cancers. The talk is part of the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition (WOCC) Annual Partner Meeting. The WOCC works with ovarian cancer organisations around the world and conducts independent reports to create a world where […]
Three Women Cycle, Run And Walk 1000km For Cure Our Ovarian Cancer
Focus Magazine recently shared Kate’s experiences of ovarian cancer and her incredible friends who took our September Step Up Challenge to the next level to support our crucial work. We are so grateful to Kate, Amanda, Carmen and Laura, and all of their supporters. Written for and published by Focus Magazine on October 1, 2021 […]
Woman Died From Ovarian Cancer After Being Told She Likely Had An STI
Story originally written for and published by Stuff.Read the full story here. A woman died of ovarian cancer after being sent home from the emergency department and told she likely had chlamydia. The family of Amy Meyer, 36, believe if doctors had listened to her concerns, she might still be alive. “The system is broken […]
Help Stop Women From Dying
The Government’s pre-budget promise of a multi-million dollar injection into breast and cervical cancer screening has prompted calls for more funding to treat more cancers. Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in New Zealand women but many women struggle to get an accurate diagnosis before it’s too late to treat. Jane […]
New Normal Same Cancer
During the pandemic, some of us may have felt uneasy about visiting our medical centres or GPs. In fact, the psychosocial effects of COVID-19 have been a significant factor in the declining numbers of cancer tests as the country dealt with lockdowns and the “new normal” we found ourselves in. Fear of contracting the virus, […]
Messenger Kept Home, But Message Gets To New York
Article written by Emma Perry and published by the Otago Daily Times. Read the full article here A Dunedin woman was given about $44,000 worth of space on a New York billboard to mark World Ovarian Cancer Day. Jane Ludemann was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer in 2017, at the age of […]