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Emotional Support Hotline - 1800 700 288 - Free-call Australia Wide

The Society offers confidential emotional support and practical assistance advise through its Emotional Support Helpline. Staffed by specially trained gynaecological cancer past-patients, the Helpline is available 9.00am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday (24 hours 7 days Emergency) to all gynaecological cancer patients, their carers and close family members.

Cancer of the cervix^(G) is probably the most preventable of all cancers that occur in women. This cancer grows slowly and goes through a pre-cancerous phase which may last for several years before cancer actually develops. This pre-cancerous phase is best diagnosed by a Pap smear, which is designed to pick up the presence of pre-cancerous cells developing on the cervix.

The fallopian tubes^(G) are the tubular structures which connect the upper, outer-most part of the uterus^(G) with theovary, and provide a means for fertilisation of the female egg.

Most cancers of the vagina^(G) are secondary or metastatic, that is, they have arisen somewhere else, usually from the cervix^(G) or vulva^(G) and spread to the vagina. Primary cancer of the Vagina is a very uncommon disease accounting for less than 2% of all cases of cancer of the female genital tract. In Queensland there are generally less than ten cases of vaginal cancer each year. Most cases occur in women over the age of fifty years.