Monthly Archives: October 2010
Turn Up the Heat 2011 Annual Gala
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 Ritz-Carlton 1150 22nd Street NW, Washington DC Tickets on sale now! Click here to purchase. The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance’s signature Gala provides a festive opportunity to sample gourmet dishes from dozens of renowned women chefs … Continue reading
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Clinical Trials from the Patient’s Perspective
Written by Guest Blogger: Malinda Teel I sometimes hear people speak of those of us who participate in clinical trials as if we are angels, sacrificing ourselves for the benefit of women who will come after us. Let me be … Continue reading
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BRAF Mutation Is Rare in Advanced-Stage Low-Grade Ovarian Serous Carcinomas
Low-grade ovarian serous carcinomas are believed to arise via an adenoma-serous borderline tumor-serous carcinoma sequence. In this study, we found that advanced-stage, low-grade ovarian serous carcinomas both with and without adjacent serous borderline tumor shared similar regions of loss of … Continue reading
New Clues to Treating Ovarian Cancer Relapse
Starting chemotherapy when first signs reappear not especially effective, study finds New research finds that women with ovarian cancer relapse who start chemotherapy as soon as levels of a biomarker for the cancer rise don’t live significantly longer than women … Continue reading
Michele’s Mission to Educate Hawaii
My Mission to Raise Awareness of Ovarian Cancer in Hawaii Written by Guest Blogger: Michele Robinson Pictured above (from left to right): Wally Lau, Deputy to the Mayor of Hawaii; Michael Robinson, advocate; Michele Robinson, ovarian cancer survivor; and Billy … Continue reading
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Dancing with NED – A Cancer Rock Documentary
Dancing with N.E.D. Trailer from Spark Media on Vimeo. This video is a trailer produced by Washington D.C.-based Spark Media and Stone Soup Productions for a documentary about one of the year’s most talked about rock bands, No Evidence of … Continue reading
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Georgetown Cupcake Raises Funds for Ovarian Cancer
Georgetown Cupcake of the TLC hit show, DC Cupcakes, created a special cupcake just for us featuring the TEAL ribbon called “Teal Velvets.” During the month of September, 100% of the proceeds from the sales of the Teal Velvet cupcakes … Continue reading
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