Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01779 · Session 5

Reducing the risk of ovarian cancer

Closed Submitted 12 Dec 2019 Health
Signatures
0
241 online signatures with a country
Comments
16
Considered
1 meeting
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to raise public awareness:
• of the importance of the CA125 blood test to help detect ovarian cancer; and
• that endometriosis can cause an increased risk of ovarian cancer.

What the petitioner did first

I have written to Nicola Sturgeon and Hannah Bardell.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 20 Feb 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

241 online signatures
  1. Scotland180 74.7%
  2. United Kingdom51 21.2%
  3. England7 2.9%
  4. Northern Ireland2 0.8%
  5. France1 0.4%

Comments

16 comments, oldest first
  1. Alan Hooper 13 Dec 2019
    As a lay person with personal experience of cancer I whole heartedly support any initiatives that increase early intervention. Knowledge to act is a major part of our armoury to fight disease and the sooner disease is identified the better the chances of recovery.
  2. Joanna Crotch 14 Dec 2019
    Half of the worlds population have ovaries
    - rants they worth protecting!
  3. Jacqueline Rogers 15 Dec 2019
    I have had ovarian cists, fibroids and adhesions and I have never been offered the test.
  4. Louise Stewart 15 Dec 2019
    I have endometriosis and treatment of it is sub par at best
  5. anne leitch 15 Dec 2019
    I strongly agree women should be always offered the CA125 blood test. If ovarian cancer is not detected early enough then life expectancy is greatly reduced.
  6. Sally dumbleton 17 Dec 2019
    I have lost rwo friends and two more affected
  7. Susan Purvis 19 Dec 2019
    I have personally experienced bloating and advised my GP of this and the fact that a family member had ovarian cancer. Despite this information being disclosed I still was not offered a CA125 Blood test. I do think that the Scottish Govt could do more
  8. Megan Bain 3 Jan 2020
    For all women who are suffering!
  9. Jacqueline Marshall 4 Jan 2020
    I have had endometroid ovarian carcinoma but did not even have endometriosis. I do think women are not that aware of the variety of symptoms that can indicate the need for checking the ovaries.
  10. Louise Horne 6 Jan 2020
    I urge Parliament to screen for early detection of Ovarian cancer by a simple CA 125 blood test. This could reduce suffering and save lives.
  11. Barrie Stewart 6 Jan 2020
    Surely for a simple blood test this would save and lengthen many peoples lives
  12. Alison Robinson 6 Jan 2020
    I have endometriosis and wasn't aware of the link or the blood test. I would strongly advocate for women being offered the CA125 blood test when they are diagnosed with conditions like endometriosis that raises the risk of ovarian cancer. Its a hard to detect cancer without any form test and early detection is crucial for better prognosis and treatment.
  13. Kate Stewart 6 Jan 2020
    Strongly agree
  14. Liliane M McGeoch 6 Jan 2020
    I had no idea that endometriosis increases the risk of getting ovarian cancer
  15. Morag Bain 7 Jan 2020
    If an early blood test can extend life expentancy and save lives then this must surley be made available.
  16. Jeni Pearson 7 Jan 2020
    I work in a hospice and see women with young families die of this horrible disease, if we can do anything to prevent it we should.