About the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition

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Formally established in 2016, the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition is the only global not-for-profit focused on ovarian cancer. Working with close to 200 patient advocacy organizations around the world, the Coalition is determined that everyone living with, or at risk of, ovarian cancer has the best chance of survival and the best quality of life possible, no matter where they live.

The World Ovarian Cancer Coalition builds on the significant impact of the annual flagship ovarian cancer awareness campaign – World Ovarian Cancer Day, started in 2013 and our ground-breaking Every Woman Study™ published in 2018. Building on the Study, the Coalition launched the Global Ovarian Cancer Charter in 2020.

In 2022, in partnership with the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) the Coalition launched the Every Woman Study™: Low- and Middle-Income Edition which will detail the lived experiences of women living with a diagnosis in 22 countries. Headline results were released at the 2024 IGCS Annual Meeting in Dublin, Ireland with multiple academic papers and initiatives anticipated for 2025 and beyond.

Concurrent with the next generation of the Every Woman Study™, the Coalition has also completed a Socioeconomic Burden of Ovarian Cancer in 11 Countries Study. Formerly called the Ovarian Cancer Cost-of-Illness Study, the Coalition worked with RTI International, to look at 11 high- to low-income countries, quantifying the cost of ovarian cancer on healthcare systems, as well as looking at the impact of those with ovarian cancer out of paid and unpaid roles as a result of ill health. The low- and middle-income countries in this Study will map over some of the countries involved in the Every Woman Study™: Low- and Middle-Income Edition, providing a robust case for change at national and international levels. An academic paper has been submitted for peer review and future papers are anticipated in 2025.


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