Thank you to each and every person that participated in this PEEK study and partners that supported the project including Ovarian Cancer Australia, Rare Ovarian Cancer Incorporated (ROC Inc), Pink Hope, ANZGOG, G.A.I.N Inc, Beauties Feeling Fabulous, Counterpart, Pink n Teals, The 4 C’s – Chicks with Cancer who Coffee and Chat, Goldcoast Sunshine Sisters, Westmead Support Group, OvCan, Riverland Women’s Cancer Support Group, Launceston Gynaecological Cancer Support Group, Below the Belt Support Group, and all of the health professionals across Australia that also helped to spread the word about this PEEK study.
“We need more money because we need to have women not having to crowdfund the treatment. We need the government to look into all that”
“We should have equal access to drugs for all stages. If you need a maintenance drug, it shouldn’t depend on whether you’re stage IV or stage III when you get diagnosed. It should be equally available to all women, and if it could improve their remission times or survival rates to give them more time with their families”
“It’s hard to diagnose early, it is diagnosed later, so we need help. We need research into prevention as well and early detection test, it is going to be on the rise – it is on the rise. I have stood up in front of all these people spoke in the parliament house and said, “Help us out, I want to see my kids grow up”.
“First off, I’d like something to do with not the people that have ovarian cancer, but that could get ovarian cancer. More help and, I think, to find some sort of screening for ovarian cancer. I think that’s very important.”
