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00:00I'm health reporter Sarah McCann.
00:02Scientists in Oxford have received funding to develop
00:05the world's first ever vaccine for ovarian cancer.
00:08Ovarianvax is a vaccine that teaches
00:11the immune system to recognize and
00:13attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer.
00:16The cancer research funded team will receive
00:19600,000 pounds over the course of three years for the study,
00:24which if successful,
00:25will see clinical trials of the vaccine begin.
00:29Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common form
00:33of cancer amongst women in the UK.
00:35There are around 7,500 women
00:38diagnosed with the condition every year.
00:41According to Target Ovarian Cancer,
00:434,000 women die from ovarian cancer every year in the UK.
00:48Symptoms of ovarian cancer,
00:50according to Cancer Research UK,
00:52can include feeling full quickly,
00:54loss of appetite, pain in your abdomen,
00:57or lower part of your abdomen that doesn't go away,
01:00bloating, or an increase in the size of
01:02your abdomen and needing to urinate more often.
01:05Other symptoms can include unexplained tiredness,
01:08unexplained weight loss, and a change in
01:10your bowel habits especially if you're over the age of 50.
01:15There is currently no national screening
01:17program for ovarian cancer.
01:19Unfortunately, ovarian cancer is often
01:21diagnosed at a later stage.
01:23In fact, Target Ovarian Cancer found that
01:2527 percent of women were diagnosed
01:28after an emergency presentation such as going to A&E.
01:32If you suspect that you have the signs and
01:34symptoms of ovarian cancer,
01:35it's really important that you reach out
01:37your GP so that this can be investigated.
01:39You can find out more about ovarian cancer,
01:42the signs and symptoms, how to get diagnosed at nhs.uk.