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Thursday, September 29, 2016

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month : news4sanantonio





As it stated in news4sanantonio

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
SAN ANTONIO -- Ovarian cancer is a disease that all women are at risk of developing.September is also Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, so it's important to learn the warning signs.Dr. Joseph de la Garza with Texas Oncology-San Antonio and Sharon Aguanno, an ovarian cancer survivor stopped by News 4 San Antonio's Evening Break to share Aguanno's story of survival.


in the same way self

Ovarian Cancer Death Rates Have Dropped In The U.S.: Here's Why

Ovarian Cancer Death Rates Have Dropped In The U.S.: Here's Why
Ovarian Cancer Death Rates Have Dropped In The U.S.: Here's Why
Ovarian cancer can be tragically lethal.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , about 20,000 women in the U.S. develop the illness every year.While it only accounts for 3 percent of all cancers in women, it's the fifth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., after lung and bronchus, breast, colorectal, and pancreatic cancers, the CDC reports.And since more than 14,000 women in the U.S. die from ovarian cancer each year, it's the deadliest cancer of the female reproductive system.


furthermore kens5

A tale of 2 survivors: Spreading Ovarian Cancer awareness

A tale of 2 survivors: Spreading Ovarian Cancer awareness
A tale of 2 survivors: Spreading Ovarian Cancer awareness
KENS 5's Roma Villavicencio (left) battled Stage I Ovarian Cancer when she was 21.25-year-old Alyssa Salazar (right) has undergone 16 surgeries and continues to battle Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer.(Photo: KENS)Ovarian Cancer is known as the silent killer among women.Doctors say most diagnoses are terminal.


not to mention nytimes

Some Good News on Ovarian Cancer

Some Good News on Ovarian Cancer
Some Good News on Ovarian Cancer
The death rate from ovarian cancer declined in the United States by 16 percent from 2002 to 2012, among the largest reductions in the world.The rate in the United States, 4.85 per 100,000, puts it roughly in the middle of a list of 47 countries whose rates and trends were described recently in a study in Annals of Oncology.The countries with the lowest ovarian cancer mortality rates are Brazil, Hong Kong and South Korea, and those with the highest are Lithuania, Ireland and Latvia.Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland have rates higher than the United States, as does the European Union as a whole.


in like manner time

Ovarian Cancer Symptoms: How I Discovered My Cancer

Ovarian Cancer Symptoms: How I Discovered My Cancer
Ovarian Cancer Symptoms: How I Discovered My Cancer
When talking about my cancer diagnosis, I'd say there are two parts to my story: The first part, when I fought for answers, and the second part, when I took control of finding them for myself.Two years ago, I felt like life was good.My life partner, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Martin Truex Jr., and I had been together for 10 years and had just started talking about starting a family.I've always wanted to be a mom—I knew I wanted that mother-daughter relationship that I have with my mom.


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