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Dorine’s story – Yoga leads to cancer discovery

At 55, Dorine Olive was diagnosed with two different types of ovarian cancer. Her diagnosis would have come much later, had it not been for her yoga exercises.

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Becky’s story – What it means to be a survivor

“If we band together as survivors of reproductive cancer, educate others, and have love and kindness, we can help future generations with prevention, or greater support and care during their own diagnosis.”

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Trina’s story – Fighting cancer with humor

As she lost her hair to chemotherapy, Trina mocked up various characters and personas to her Facebook profile for each hair phase, including the likes of rock stars, TV legends, and renowned philosophers.

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Vivian’s story – Exploring clinical trials

With the help of her gynecologic oncologist, ovarian cancer patient Vivian Seiler found an immunotherapy basket trial, which tests the effect of one drug on a single mutation in a variety of tumor types at the same time.

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