In fact, it is the only thing that has. Your Help Is Urgently Needed Ovarian cancer is an under-recognized threat to women's health. More women die of ovarian cancer than all the other gynecological cancers combined. But it doesn't have to be. The problem is there is no easy test for ovarian cancer like the Pap smear for cervical cancer.
Researchers are currently at work on promising new tests and treatments.
Advances are hampered by grossly inadequate funding. The time is right to raise our voices and show our senators and representatives that this silent disease is silent no more. We need to win adequate research and treatment funds so we can stop this disease from killing more women. Speaking out works - by getting involved, breast cancer survivors have increased funding for breast cancer that has led to new treatments and tests that are saving more lives than ever before. You can help pass meaningful legislation to increase federal funding.