Sponsors of The Hare & Tortoise New Quarter Park 8K Run/Walk
We are seeking support in our fight to save women from needless Ovarian Cancer deaths... We are inviting you to join us as a Sponsor of The Karene O’Hare Ovarian Cancer Memorial Run. The event also known as The Hare & Tortoise New Quarter Park 8k Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2014. Sponsorships run from $150 to $500 and a sponsorship package can be down loaded below. Your sponsorship will help make the event a financial success.
Ovarian Cancer is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers and the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among American women. One in 72 American women will be diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer during their lifetimes and one in 95 American women will die from it. About 20,000 American women are diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer each year and about 15,000 American women will die from this terrible disease in 2014.
Ovarian Cancer is difficult to diagnose because the symptoms are subtle and easily confused with other conditions. In cases where Ovarian Cancer is detected before it has spread beyond the ovaries, nine out of 10 women will survive for more than five years. However, only 19% of Ovarian Cancer cases in the United States are diagnosed at this early stage. Approximately 75% of Ovarian Cancer cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage after the cancer has spread beyond the ovary. The over-all five year survival rate is approximately 46%. The five year survival rate for cervical cancer is 72% and for breast cancer it is 89 %.
There is no reliable and easy-to-administer early detection test for Ovarian Cancer and the research is dramatically underfunded from a survival perspective. The death rate has remained stagnant for 30 years. Survivorship will not improve without greatly increasing and accelerating the amount of research. Ovarian Cancer lags behind advances made with many other cancers.
The Run raises money to fund Ovarian Cancer screening and testing programs for under-insured and un-insured women, of all ages, who reside in the greater Williamsburg community. We have donated $87,000, to date, to underwrite these programs which are offered by the Lackey Free Family Clinic and the Olde Towne Medical Center. The programs have diagnosed 7 women in early stage Ovarian Cancer. These women were all treated successfully for the disease because of an early stage diagnosis.
Your donation will help make the Run a financial success and provide the money needed to address important health issues for women of all ages.
Ovarian Cancer is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers and the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among American women. One in 72 American women will be diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer during their lifetimes and one in 95 American women will die from it. About 20,000 American women are diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer each year and about 15,000 American women will die from this terrible disease in 2014.
Ovarian Cancer is difficult to diagnose because the symptoms are subtle and easily confused with other conditions. In cases where Ovarian Cancer is detected before it has spread beyond the ovaries, nine out of 10 women will survive for more than five years. However, only 19% of Ovarian Cancer cases in the United States are diagnosed at this early stage. Approximately 75% of Ovarian Cancer cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage after the cancer has spread beyond the ovary. The over-all five year survival rate is approximately 46%. The five year survival rate for cervical cancer is 72% and for breast cancer it is 89 %.
There is no reliable and easy-to-administer early detection test for Ovarian Cancer and the research is dramatically underfunded from a survival perspective. The death rate has remained stagnant for 30 years. Survivorship will not improve without greatly increasing and accelerating the amount of research. Ovarian Cancer lags behind advances made with many other cancers.
The Run raises money to fund Ovarian Cancer screening and testing programs for under-insured and un-insured women, of all ages, who reside in the greater Williamsburg community. We have donated $87,000, to date, to underwrite these programs which are offered by the Lackey Free Family Clinic and the Olde Towne Medical Center. The programs have diagnosed 7 women in early stage Ovarian Cancer. These women were all treated successfully for the disease because of an early stage diagnosis.
Your donation will help make the Run a financial success and provide the money needed to address important health issues for women of all ages.
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