Sultry summer days can make anyone feel lazy and daydream of faraway places. But at OCRA, we’re working as hard as ever to fulfill our dream of a day when no one need fear an ovarian cancer diagnosis. Check out all that’s happening and discover ways that you can get involved. RESEARCH ADVOCACY PATIENT SUPPORT … Continued
OCRA and the entire ovarian cancer community applaud the action taken on July 13, 2021 by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro to reauthorize and expand Johanna’s Law. Since it was signed into law in 2007, Johanna’s Law has helped educate and raise awareness of gynecologic cancers to millions of people. Johanna’s Law supports a variety of programs, … Continued
A long-running study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, published in Nature Cancer and co-funded by OCRA, has discovered that the antibiotic novobiocin is capable of targeting and killing tumor cells in laboratory cell lines and tumor models with BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutations–and is effective even in tumors that have become resistant to PARP inhibitors. BRCA1 … Continued
Researchers from the University of Kansas School of Medicine conducted a study to capture the value and experience of giving and receiving peer support in the face of a gynecologic cancer diagnosis by interviewing Woman to Woman Mentors and Mentees from a newly created program at the University of Kansas Medical Center. As the report states, many … Continued
“It’s kind of like how the Apollo mission to the moon gave us Velcro.” Dr. David Chapel and his team are laying new groundwork in better understanding the origins of high-grade serous carcinoma, even if the exact applications are hard to see this early on. David, an OCRA grantee, speaks with great passion when he … Continued
Many people are surprised to learn that ovarian cancer is not one disease, but several distinct types and subtypes. Each type differs in who it typically affects, how it spreads, how it’s treated, and its prognosis. High grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is the most common, and is often the unspoken type we refer to … Continued
Before we head into the long holiday weekend, we wanted to share all the latest news and happenings. See below for updates in ovarian cancer research and advocacy, and discover new ways to get support and get involved. RESEARCH ADVOCACY PATIENT SUPPORT & PROGRAMS EVENTS WAYS TO GIVE
New research from The Wistar Institute and Peter MacCallum Cancer Center has uncovered a previously unknown checkpoint mechanism for gene expression, that may open up new avenues for transcription-based targeted cancer therapies in the future. This exciting study, published in the cancer journal Cell, was made possible in part by an OCRA research grant to … Continued
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 cancer. Happy (almost!) May! RESEARCH ADVOCACY PATIENT SUPPORT & PROGRAMS EVENTS WAYS TO GIVE
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, high-reward health research seeking to advance medical technologies. The agency is modeled after the renowned Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) which leverages public investments … Continued
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 fund the Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) at $45 million for Fiscal Year 2022, an increase of $10 million over last year. OCRP is the only federally-funded … Continued
The snow is (finally!) melting in the areas where many of us at OCRA work and live, the COVID vaccine is rolling out, and there is so much work being done to improve the lives of the ovarian cancer community … we can’t help but feel hopeful. Read on to discover the latest, and perhaps … Continued
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