Make Your Year-End Gift TODAY and Your Gift Will be Matched
Join our donors in supporting OCRA and your gift will have double the impact in the fight against ovarian cancer. Thanks to a generous year-end pledge from angel patrons and … Continued
News
OCRA Funded Research Delves Deeper into How PARPi Work
(December 21, 2018) This month, researchers in Boston published their findings on how PARP inhibitors (PARPi) cause a chain reaction of responses from the tumor and its environment. Study authors, … Continued
On #GivingTuesday, Join us in #GivingTeal to End Ovarian Cancer
#GivingTuesday is November 27th, and we need you to help us make a big impact! Please join us in #GivingTeal, for the 22,000 American women diagnosed with ovarian cancer every … Continued
OCRA Research Shows How Cancer Cells Negatively Impact the Communication between the Ovary and Fallopian Tube
(October 22, 2018) A team at the University of Illinois at Chicago, including OCRA grantee Matthew Dean, PhD, recently discovered the role that cancer cells have on their immediate environment. … Continued
Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, Elected to National Academy of Medicine
(October 18, 2018) Longtime OCRA Scientific Advisory Committee member and former grantee Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine—a distinguished lifetime designation that is … Continued
OCRA Funded Research Reveals Immune Suppression in Ovarian Cancer
(October 15, 2018) This month in Nature, researchers from Weill Cornell published a study that helps to explain why the body’s natural immune response struggles to fight back against ovarian … Continued
OCRA Funded Study Increased Genetic Counseling Referrals for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Patients
(October 2, 2018) A study by the Mayo Clinic earlier this year aimed to increase the amount of genetic counseling referrals to epithelial ovarian cancer patients by supplying patients with … Continued
OCRFA is now OCRA
(October 1, 2018) We’re shortening our name, to make it easier to say and easier to write. OCRFA is now Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA). You can find us at … Continued
OCRFA Funded Research Identifies Biomarker Linked to HGSOC Treatment and Survival Outcomes
(September 21, 2018) In an international collaboration funded in part by OCRFA, published recently in Cell, researchers used proteomics, the large-scale study of proteins, to identify an important indicator for … Continued
Support Life-Saving Research for Ovarian Cancer Awareness M...
Support Life-Saving Research for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
We need your help this September. Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women, and is the deadliest of gynecologic cancers. #ResearchMatters. Research is the key … Continued
OCRA’s Advocate Leader Program is now open. Apply today.
OCRA’s Advocate Leader Program is now open. Apply today.
Be a voice for the ovarian cancer community. Update: The deadline to apply for our 2019 Advocate Leader program has now passed. (August 28, 2018) Registration is now open for … Continued
OCRFA Awarded 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
OCRFA Awarded 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
(June 6, 2018) OCRFA is pleased to announce we have once again earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This is the highest rating awarded by Charity … Continued