Ovarian Cancer Quotes

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  • I think it's important for me as an actor that I say these are the issues I'm going to be committed to. One of them for me is women and children's health around the world and their rights;the other is ovarian cancer.

    Children   Women   Cancer  
  • I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action... It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options. Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

    Strong   Cancer   Heart  
    "My Medical Choice" by Angelina Jolie, www.nytimes.com. May 14, 2013.
  • I can tell that in Refuge the question that was burning in me was, how do we find refuge in change? Everything around me that was familiar had been turned inside out with my mother's diagnosis of ovarian cancer and with the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge being flooded.

    Mother   Cancer   Rivers  
    Source: www.scottlondon.com
  • Back in my mid-20s I was told I'd never be able to have children as I wasn't having periods. Doctors tried to start up my monthly cycles, but when nothing worked, they actually offered me a hysterectomy. Without it, they said I might get ovarian cancer in the future. I chose not to have the operation, and am so glad I didn't.

    "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks'". Interview with Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.
  • The Pacific Yew can be cut down and processed to produce a potent chemical, taxol, which offers some promise of curing certain forms of lung, breast and ovarian cancer in patients who would otherwise quickly die... It seems an easy choice - sacrifice the tree for a human life - until one learns that three trees must be destroyed for each patient treated.

    Al Gore (2013). “Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose”, p.119, Routledge
  • ... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well.

    Gilda Radner (2015). “It's Always Something”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
  • If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell.

  • I see light at the end of the tunnel.

    Positive   Humor   Vegas  
    Walt Whitman Rostow (1955). “Russia and China Under Communism”
  • I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

    Cancer   Survivor   Want  
  • Risk reduction for BRCA2 carriers includes taking tamoxifen. Removing ovaries prior to age 40 drops breast cancer risk in half. Ovarian cancer surveillance is unfortunately inadequate at early detection, but birth control pills reduce ovarian cancer incidence up to 60%.

    Cancer   Risk   Age  
    Source: www.marieclaire.com
  • For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to encourage every woman, especially if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek out the information and medical experts who can help you through this aspect of your life, and to make your own informed choices.

    "My Medical Choice" by Angelina Jolie, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2013.
  • African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White women of the same age. Survival rates are worse among African-Americans for colon, prostate and ovarian cancers as well.

  • We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.

    "Why I'm not angry at Lance Armstrong" by Sally Jenkins, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2012.
  • Nearly every BRCA mutation carrier's main concern is how to avoid the fate of relatives who have had, and possibly died from, breast or ovarian cancer.

    Cancer   Fate   Mutation  
    Source: www.marieclaire.com
  • My mother died of ovarian cancer; I support organizations that raise awareness of this silent killer. Women's shelters - Jenesse Center in L.A. and the Primo Center in Chicago. Kovler Diabetes Center in Chicago.

    "Golden Globe and NAACP Image Award winner Regina Taylor: Living a creative life". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
  • I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.'

    Mom   Children   Cancer  
    "Angelina Jolie reveals she had ovaries removed after cancer scare" by Melissa Davey, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2015.
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