No matter if you know someone personally who has cancer or you just want to help, your generous gifts can help with prevention efforts, treatment, and research into ovarian cancer. Donating to ROAR will help promote our message that ovarian cancer can be diagnosed and treated.
According to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition…
In women age 35-74, ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths. An estimated one woman in 58 will develop ovarian cancer during her lifetime. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2009, there will be 21,550 new cases of ovarian cancer and 14,600 women will die from ovarian cancer.
When one is diagnosed and treated in the earliest stages, the 5-year survival rate is over 90%. Due to ovarian cancer’s non-specific symptoms and lack of early detection tests, only 19% of all cases are found at this early stage. If caught in stage III or higher, the survival rate can be as low as 30.6%. Due to the nature of the disease, each woman diagnosed with ovarian cancer has a different profile and it is impossible to provide a general prognosis.
Your donation, no matter how large or small, will help us in our mission to increase awareness of ovarian cancer, its symptoms, and its treatment. Our goal is to increase early detection in order to maximize treatment success rates.
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