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The Women's established the Menopause Symptoms After Cancer (MSAC) clinic in 2010 specifically to care for women with menopausal symptoms and a history of cancer.

A new study by the Royal Women’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne has revealed that cancer survivors are twice as likely to experience severe menopausal symptoms, and Melbourne mum Anne Law said she couldn’t agree more.

Danielle George says her son Oliver was meant to be here. He was born using IVF after his mum had been through a tough year of treatment for a rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma.

Sisters Kylie and Belinda faced difficult decisions after both tested positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation.

About 1,400 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Australia each year, and tragically nearly 70% will not win their fight against the cancer.

It took the Neonatal Research Team at the Women’s to come up with the answer. Our team found a cheaper, more comfortable method of supporting the breathing of very preterm babies was safe and effective. That method is now being used worldwide.