Teal Tuesday: Sorority, city team up to boost cancer awareness

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Sorority, city team up to boost cancer awareness

From The Daily Targum

Today is "Teal Tuesday", and the trees in Voorhees Mall are dressed accordingly for National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day. Just as the color pink represents breast cancer awareness, teal is the color chosen to represent ovarian cancer awareness. Sunday afternoon, New Brunswick mayor Jim Cahill and sisters of Alpha Chi Omega tied the plastic ribbons around every tree on the mall to promote awareness of ovarian cancer.…

New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill, and members of Alpha Chi Omega, Rutgers College senior Judy Adan and Judy Zukovich, decorated Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus Sunday with teal ribbons for National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day.

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OVARIAN CANCER SYMPTOMS

DO NOT IGNORE THE SYMPTOMS!

bloating
pelvic or abdominal pain
trouble eating or feeling full quickly
urinary symptoms, such as urgent or frequent feelings of needing to go.

Detecting Ovarian Cancer
To date there is not a reliable test to detect Ovarian Cancer. However, you can: See your doctor and have an annual vaginal-rectal pelvic examination . If you have symptoms, ask your doctor for a transvaginal ultrasound and a CA 125 blood test. If you suspect you have Ovarian Cancer, consult a gynecologic oncologist. To locate a gynecologic oncologist in your area call the (GCF) Gynecologic Cancer Foundation at
1-800-444-4441. http://www.thegcf.org/

Ovarian Cancer Facts

Ovarian Cancer is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers. All females are at risk.

About 22,000 American women will be diagnosed with the disease in 2008. Over 15,000 American women will die from ovarian cancer in 2008. Ovarian cancer knows no boundaries or borders, prematurely killing women of every age, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

A woman’s lifetime risk of ovarian cancer is 1 in 57; it is an insidious disease that often strikes without warning and without cause. The symptoms of ovarian cancer are often vague and subtle, making it difficult to diagnose.

Early detection is the difference between life and death.

Currently there is no effective means of early detection for the disease. As a result, ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed in advanced stages and only 50% of women survive longer than five years. Today, only 25% of cases are diagnosed in the early stages, i.e., before the cancer has spread beyond the ovary to the pelvic region. However, if ovarian cancer is detected and treated early, the five-year survival rate is greater than 90%.Until we have an effective way to detect ovarian cancer, we urge all women to become educated about the disease so she can act independently to protect her health.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW!

Symptoms do exist and can be extremely vague, yet increase over time.
A pap test does not detect ovarian cancer
Risk factor, Uninterrupted ovulation (having no pregnancies; infertility, low parity)
Personal or family history of breast, ovarian or colon cancer. Increasing age; with highest occurrence in women over 50
Potential Risk Factors: Genetic predisposition- Presence of BRCA1 or BRCA 2 gene mutations.
Family history. If your mother, sister, or daughter gets ovarian cancer, your chances are doubled.
Having had breast cancer.Getting breast cancer while younger than 50 increases a woman's risk of ovarian cancer.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Sorority, city team up to boost cancer awareness

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