Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Pamela’s #RareAware Story
Pamela Connor lives in Liverpool, New York, and has a squamous cell carcinoma arising in a mature cystic teratoma. What has been your frustration in having a rare form of … Continued
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Granulosa Cell Tumor | Becca’s #RareAware Story
Becca Cahall lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and has a granulosa cell tumor. What has been your frustration in having a rare form of ovarian cancer? That there is not much … Continued
Adult Granulosa Cell Tumor | April’s #RareAware Story
April Bupp lives in York, Pennsylvania, and has an adult granulosa cell tumor. What has been your frustration in having a rare form of ovarian cancer? Having a rare form … Continued
Mixed Yolk Sac and Adult Granulosa Cell Tumors | Angela’s #RareAware Story
Angela Marie lives in Valdosta, Georgia, and was diagnosed with a mixed yolk sac tumor and adult granulosa cell tumor at age 24. What has been your frustration in having … Continued
Inspired Advice: How Do You Keep from Feeling Isolated?
Those who have faced an ovarian or gynecologic cancer diagnosis have so much to offer to others going through a similar experience – be it support, tips or friendship. Inspired Advice is … Continued
The Overview: May 2021
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 … Continued
Share for #RareAware
#RareAware is a new campaign from OCRA that will, like its name suggests, raise awareness around rare forms of ovarian cancer — shining a light on the people affected by … Continued
OCRA-Funded Research Uncovers New Checkpoint Mechanism, Potential New Therapeutic Target
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 … Continued
Gaming for an Ovarian Cancer Cure | OCRA Hero
You can call him Panda. Tamborine Panda. Tamborine Panda is the gamer tag John Donzelli created back when he was in college and the first X Box system came out. … Continued
Large Study Suggests Ovarian Cancer Screening in General Public Doesn’t Save Lives
Results from a large British clinical trial, which involved more than 200,000 post-menopausal women who were followed for more than 15 years, showed that screening average-risk, asymptomatic women for ovarian … Continued
Can You Get Ovarian Cancer At Any Age?
Ovarian cancer is the seventh most commonly occurring cancer in women worldwide, and causes more deaths than any other type of female reproductive cancer. In the United States, it ranks … Continued
What Does OCRA Mean to You? Tell Us in a Video!
Your video will help connect more people to our research, advocacy and support programs! What is your connection to ovarian cancer? What is your involvement, and why do you support OCRA? (note: please say O.C.R.A., … Continued