By Kristin Scheeler, MSSW, OSW-C, Head of Patient Experience at Jasper For nearly fifteen years, I’ve been working as an oncology social...

The cancer treatment you need isn’t always near your home. Is it a viable option to consider treatments that might be available far...

Self-care is often last on the list of priorities for busy women. Bucky, the UW mascot, would like to share a few thoughts on this...

By Joanie Shawhan “Bon voyage!” Shouts echo from shore as a cruise ship shoves off from port, familiar terrain fading into the horizon....

Happy Survivor’s Brunch Week!!! I am Diane Hoyt and I am the President of the WOCA Board. I have been on the board for 6 years and...

By Manish Patankar, PhD UW Obstretics and Gynecology What are the projects you’re working on with WOCA funds? WOCA funding has supported...

I'm Sandy, and I am a caregiver to my spouse Susan. In January of 2018, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer at the age of 53. I...

My name is Susan, January 2, 2018, I was diagnosed with Stage 3C High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. We do not have a history of cancer in...

By Erin E. Stevens, MD, FACOG Prevea Health Gynecologic Oncologist Every year in the Spring, Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) and...

I could’ve never imagined the path God had planned for me after I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In 2006, I rolled over in bed and...

Over 15 years ago, I found WOCA completely out of necessity. My very BEST friend, my soul mate, the most extraordinary woman I will ever...

My name is Brooke Monyelle and I'm 34 years old, from Beloit, WI. In late 2018, I started having severe abdominal pain after work one...

The history of WOCA has evolved tremendously throughout the years, with many instrumental women along the way. It was while working as a...

In 1987, we moved from Illinois to Colorado to open a hardware store. Early the following year, 1988, I found a lump in my left breast....

Advancing cancer care through clinical trials By Denise Uyar, MD As a program of the only academic medical center in eastern Wisconsin,...

Happy Survivors’ Brunch Week!!! We were so sad to have to transition our brunch to an online format this year, but thought it was in the...

Hi! My name is Maren and I'm currently the President-Elect for the Beta Pi Chapter of Kappa Epsilon over at the Concordia University...

By Joanie Shawhan Many of us have heard the whispers of ovarian cancer. Despite my background in oncology nursing, I had missed an...

As we boarded the Teal Honor Flight- Stephanie, Julie, Barbara, Katy, Mary Ann and myself, we were presented with the South West...

Hello everyone! My name is Mariah, and I am back today writing to you about my interview with a mentor from WOCA’s Woman to Woman...