ROTC Cadets Raise Awareness for Ovarian Cancer

ROTC Cadets Raise Awareness for Ovarian Cancer

By Jon Nagle

                The week of August 26th, 2012, the N.J.R.O.T.C. Navy Knights helped out within the community by helping raise awareness of Ovarian Cancer. Thirteen NJROTC cadets came out to support the Susan Marie Rupp Foundation in its battle for Ovarian Cancer awareness. The cadets went around the local towns: Magnolia, Stratford, Laurel Springs, and Somerdale, putting up teal colored ribbons to show that we support the Ovarian Cancer patients. Countless people pulled over in their cars to ask what the teal ribbons were for. They were very interested and supportive of the message to be on the lookout for signs of this deadly disease. Please encourage your mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, cousin or any other female in your family to be tested for Ovarian Cancer. You can help save a life, or just being there for somebody who is going thru it makes a big difference.

Facts about Ovarian Cancer:

·         Ovarian Cancer is one of the five leading causes of cancer death in American women.

·         A women's lifetime risk of getting ovarian cancer is 1 in 72.

·         A woman's chances of survival are better if the cancer is found early.

·         Each year, over 20,000 women are diagnosed, and about 15,000 die of Ovarian Cancer.

·         A Pap test does NOT detect ovarian cancer, it tests for cervical cancer.

What can you do to detect it?

·         Get a pelvic exam every year.

·         If a family member has a history of cancer, get tested early and often.

·         Get a CA-125 blood test that detects cancer.