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How to have ‘the talk’ with your GP
We couldn’t believe the results of a new poll by The Eve Appeal (the UK’s only gynaecological research charity), which found that 25% of women are put off talking to their GP because they’re afraid of discussing their sexual history. What’s more, 1 in 5 of us associate gynaecological cancers with promiscuity, adding to the stigma and the fear-factor of being honest with the doc.
So, in honour of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, we asked Dr Adeola Olaitan, The Eve Appeal medical expert and consultant gynaecologist at University College London Hospital, to walk us through the best, most cringe-free way to have “the talk” with your GP at your next appointment.
In December 2012, Louise should have been celebrating her 34th birthday. Instead, after a gruelling round of MRIs, biopsies and ultrasounds, she marked an altogether different kind of milestone – stage 4 primary peritoneal cancer diagnosis. There is no stage 5.
Louise is just one of the 55 women who are diagnosed in the UK, every single day, with gynaecological cancer. She joins the ranks of more than a million women diagnosed every year, all over the world. Most of these women can’t tell you what the five gynaecological cancers are, and one in five women aged 16 to 25 in the UK can’t name a single correct symptom for any of them.
How embarrassing symptoms down below could be deadly CANCER: From unusual bleeding to pain during sex… we reveal the signs of the 5 female cancers
A generation of women risk dying of embarrassment, because they are ignoring the symptoms of gynaecological cancers, experts today warned.
A survey by the charity, The Eve Appeal, reveals one in five women believe the five cancers - womb, ovarian, cervical, vulval and vaginal cancers - are linked to sexual promiscuity.
The research shows 40 per cent of women felt there was a greater stigma around gynaecological cancers than other forms of the disease.
Women shun GPs over ‘shame’ of gynaecological cancers
Thousands of women with gynaecological cancer symptoms are putting off seeing their GP over fears they will be labelled sexually promiscuous.
One in five middle-aged women admitted putting their lives at risk by ignoring symptoms which could indicate ovarian or womb cancer, a study shows.
Four in 10 of all women questioned believed there was a greater stigma around gynaecological cancers than other cancers, according to the survey of 1,000 women by charity The Eve Appeal.
Having cervical cancer does NOT mean you’re a slut
Talking to your doctor about your vagina isn't the top of anyone's to-do list ("Hey doc! Check THIS out!" Umm, naw.) But new statistics show our reluctance to discuss sex with a GP could actually be risking lives.
To mark the start of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, The Eve Appeal has released new statistics that show an astonishing one in five women associate gynaecological cancers with sexual promiscuity, with almost 40% agreeing there's a greater stigma around these cancers than other types.
Stigma around gynaecological cancer stopping women from visiting GP
False assumptions about the links between sexual promiscuity and gynaecological cancers, such as womb and ovarian cancer, are creating a stigma around the diseases that could be costing women’s lives, a charity has warned.
Lack of knowledge about causes and symptoms of gynaecological cancers is preventing women from seeking potentially life-saving medical advice and treatment, the Eve Appeal said.
The women dying of embarrassment: Middle-aged ‘ignoring symptoms of womb cancer’ because they fear being seen as promiscuous
Embarrassment may be leading middle-aged women to ignore symptoms of womb or ovarian cancer, research has found.
One in three of the 44- to 55-year-olds surveyed said they would feel more comfortable talking about gynaecological cancers if there was less stigma attached to the issue.
This reluctance may be because of perceptions that such cancers are linked to sexual promiscuity, researchers discovered.
Stigma around gynaecological cancers could be costing lives
A lack of knowledge around the causes and symptoms of gynaecological cancers, leading to inaccurate assumptions about the links between sex and cancer, could be costing women in the UK their lives. This is according to a new survey released today by women’s cancer research charity, The Eve Appeal.
A quarter of women ignore symptoms in case doctors judge them for being promiscuous
A new poll of 1,000 women, carried out by women’s cancer charity The Eve Appeal has found that one in four women are reluctant to discuss their symptoms with a GP because they’re uncomfortable talking about their sexual history.
