NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION

AWARENESS



Help NOCC Break the Silence About Ovarian Cancer. As part of our “Break the Silence” Campaign, NOCC commissioned a survey to gauge women’s understanding of ovarian cancer. The survey revealed that 85% of women did not know ovarian cancer’s symptoms and that 82% of women had not spoken with their doctors about ovarian cancer. Until there is an accurate early detection test for ovarian cancer, awareness of ovarian cancer’s subtle symptoms is an important key to earlier detection. NOCC has developed a number of tools to educate women about ovarian cancer and will provide them to you free of charge for distribution in your community. Below are some ideas for ways that you can raise awareness within your community. Have other awareness ideas that you would like to share? Please let us know by calling 1-888-OVARIAN or e-mailing us at nocc@ovarian.org.



Distribute Literature. Education can be as simple as passing out risk and symptom literature. You may want to consider distributing risk and symptom cards at health fairs, women’s groups, even your local grocery store. Libraries and bookstores are great places to handout risk and symptom bookmarks. If you would like us to send you NOCC’s risk and symptom cards or bookmarkers at no cost to you, please contact us at 1-888-OVARIAN or click here.



Presentations on Ovarian Health. NOCC has trained speakers across the country to present its “Ovarian Health … What every Woman Should Know.” This brief presentation can be given to groups of any size and can be made at the work place, clubs, health fairs, churches, or other special events. For more information or to arrange a presentation, please contact us at 1-888-OVARIAN or click here.



Volunteer for your local NOCC Chapter. NOCC’s mission is to raise awareness and promote education about ovarian cancer. The Coalition is committed to improving the survival rate and quality of life for women with ovarian cancer. With a national network of more than 80 Chapters, NOCC has established itself as the leading advocate for patients and families struggling with ovarian cancer. Committed volunteers work together to advance NOCC’s mission through a toll-free helpline, comprehensive website, peer support, professional education, the promotion of research, publications and special projects such as “Break the Silence”, a national education program to facilitate greater awareness and dialogue about ovarian cancer. To see if there is a chapter near you, please click here. No chapter in your area? Please contact us at 1-888-OVARIAN or click here to see how you can help.



Run a Marathon. NOCC has a limited amount of charity waivers for the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and 2008 ING New York City Marathon. Running a marathon is a great way to raise awareness of ovarian cancer and donations for NOCC. If you would like to run a marathon to benefit NOCC, please e-mail Barbara O’Brien at ma.nocc@ovarian.org



Ovarian Cancer Postage Stamp

Please consider signing the following petition for an Ovarian Cancer Awareness Postage Stamp:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ovca2008/?e