The Overview: April 2021
Flowers are blooming all around us, people are beginning to rediscover the things that matter most, and every day, OCRA grantees are making strides in understanding even more about ovarian … Continued
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OCRA Co-Signs Letter to President Biden Supporting HARPA
On April 9, President Biden released his discretionary funding request for fiscal year 2022. Within the request, the President announced the creation of an agency that would take on high-risk, … Continued
Raising Awareness of a Silent Epidemic | Survivor Stories
Janice Murphy is a woman with many passions: sharing her love of the Great American Songbook, living life to the fullest — and making sure healthcare providers know that ovarian … Continued
Urgent: Tell Your U.S. Representative to Support a $10 Million Increase to OCRP
On Friday, March 19, U.S. House Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Norma Torres (D-CA) released a bipartisan “Dear Colleague” letter urging the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee to … Continued
Ovarian Cancer Advocates Unite for Spring Advocacy Day
OCRA’s Spring Advocacy Day, held March 8-9, looked a little bit different this year. For starters, we met online rather than in Washington D.C. But while the natural and obvious … Continued
Advocacy in Action: A Year in Ovarian Cancer Policy Progress
As we gear up for our first ever virtual Spring Advocacy Day — which will welcome more than 200 participants, double our usual crowd! — we couldn’t help but take … Continued
Medicare Patients Pay High Cost for PARP Inhibitors
PARP inhibitors have proven to be particularly valuable in improving progression-free survival for patients with certain types of ovarian cancer. But unfortunately, these gains come at a high financial cost … Continued
Letter to President Biden & Leaders of State Public Health Departments: Prioritizing COVID-19 Vaccines for Patients With Cancer and Survivors of Cancer
February 16, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of a broad spectrum of organizations, cancer centers, and other … Continued
The Overview: February 2021
We have great hope for the year ahead, and much of that is buoyed by what we accomplished, with your help, in 2020. A quick look back at the numbers… … Continued
Register Today for Virtual Spring Advocacy Day!
If you’ve ever wanted to join us for Spring Advocacy Day, but couldn’t make it to Capitol Hill, now is your chance! Every spring, we bring together survivors, caregivers and … Continued
A New Year, and More Advocate Leaders Than Ever Before
Registration closes on December 17, 2021. Together, we made great strides in 2020 on Capitol Hill, and we are excited to announce that we now have more OCRA Advocate Leaders … Continued
The Overview: December 2020
We’re probably all ready to say goodbye to 2020, if we have to be honest with ourselves. And yet, we can’t look back and say that the year was entirely bad. With your … Continued