Asher Keddie joins Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation to encourage fund raising
Offspring star Asher Keddie has been announced as the ambassador for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation with a passionate message to reduce female deaths.
Women’s health is a topic close to Asher Keddie’s heart, so close she wears a pendant symbolising ovarian cancer around her neck every day.
The Offspring actor was announced as the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation ambassador this month, a cause committed to increasing the survival rates of the four Australian women diagnosed with ovarian cancer every day.
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The foundation has partnered with jeweller Georg Jensen to release The Mercy Heart pendant, with a percentage of sales going to the OCRF.
Keddie said the cause spoke to her feminine values.
“As a woman this is a cause I am passionate to support and believe that information is power in fighting the fatality rates,” she said.
“It’s such an important cause that requires a much bigger conversation, so that awareness and funds can be raised for research into early detection”
“The OCRF / Georg Jensen Mercy pendant is a wonderful initiative and I wear my necklace to show my support for encouraging more conversation to be proactive about women’s health.”
Each year 1600 Australian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and in the majority of cases due to a lack of symptoms, the cancer is mostly caught in the late stages.
Only 30 per cent of women diagnosed at advanced stages will survive for more than five years.
The OCRF claim the key to changing this statistic is early detection, however no simple screening method currently exists.
Funds raised go towards developing an early detection method to decrease ovarian cancer fatality rates.
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