OVARIAN CANCER: Assemblywoman Focuses On Awareness
When her mother was diagnosed with advanced stage ovarian cancer two years ago, Assemblymember Deborah Ortiz set out to discover everything she could about the disease. She found both frightening statistics and heartening tales of women joining together to fight a deadly scourge. April is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in California. Assemblymember Ortiz looks at what California can do to raise awareness and fight ovarian and other gynecologic cancers.
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