Ovarian Cancer: Actress Kathy Bates Shares Her Story
October 17th, 2008
Don’t neglect your ovaries during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Earlier this week, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) released both a 30 second public service announcement (that ran in New York taxi cabs in late September) and a more personal, in-depth interview with Kathy Bates—about her experience with ovarian cancer.
I wanted to share this information with as many people as possible—men and women.
Please help educate others about ovarian cancer.
Raising awareness about ovarian cancer on a national and local level is essential because diagnosing the disease is difficult. The number of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer in its early stages is so small that the survival rates continue to be low. In more than 30 years since the War on Cancer was declared, ovarian cancer mortality rates have not significantly improved. About 22,000 American women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008 and about 15,000 women will die from the disease.
OCNA’s Chief Executive Officer, Karen Orloff Kaplan, explains that “Ovarian cancer is a dreadful disease because there is no early detection test and no cure, which results in very low survival rates.”
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DID YOU KNOW? - Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest female cancers because there are no early detection tests or a cure. - Approximately 22,000 American women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008 and about 15,000 women will die from the disease. - Early recognition of symptoms is the best way to save women’s lives. Detected and treated early, five year survival is greater than 90%. - Until there is a detection test; awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms is a woman’s best defense. |
Click here for the full press release from the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. To learn more about Ovarian Cancer, you can visit www.ovariancancer.org.
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