Help us #EndWomensCancer Every five minutes someone will receive an ovarian, endometrial/uterine, cervical, vulvar or vaginal cancer diagnosis. In the U.S. alone, over 32,000 people will die from a gynecologic cancer this year. You can help now by giving to the Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC). When you make a year-end gift, you support our … Read More
Jeanne Lappin, Associate Program Manager at United States Pharmacopeia (USP), and her colleagues formed two teams for the 2018 Waterman’s Half Iron Triathlon Relay on Sept. 29 in Rock Hall, MD and raised $10,650 to benefit the Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC). “My sister suffers from a very rare women’s cancer and my sister-in-law died … Read More
As a part of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month (GCAM), we encouraged survivors, patients, advocates, family members, partners and friends to share what they want the public to know about gynecologic cancers using #IWishIKnew. Dionne Shepperson wrote, “I wish I knew they weren’t just heavy periods—my menstrual bleeding was severe. I had fibroids and was told … Read More
2018 is Heather Mellion-Brophy’s fifth year participating in the National Race to End Women’s Cancer as captain of team Caring For Your Girly Bits. After being diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer on Oct. 23, 2013, at age 36, and having a radical hysterectomy in early 2014, Heather felt a strong obligation to spread awareness about … Read More
After being diagnosed with Stage IIIA Micropapillary Serous Carcinoma at age 29, Amy Murrah developed a passion for changing the image of ovarian cancer being an “older women’s disease” and impacting the lives of women with ovarian cancer. Amy was in and out of doctor’s offices for 13 years—starting at age 16. She was misdiagnosed … Read More