National Ovarian Cancer Research Ride Raises Local Awareness
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Updated: 11:27 PM May 15, 2011
National Ovarian Cancer Research Ride Raises Local Awareness
About 15,000 women lose the battle to ovarian cancer every year.
Posted: 8:51 PM May 15, 2011
Reporter: Danielle Sommerfeld
Email Address: danielle.sommerfeld@wctv.tv
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About 15,000 women lose the battle to ovarian cancer every year.

But today a group of people are riding to raise awareness and hopefully enough money to increase early detection testing of the disease.

The Ovarian Alliance of North Florida hosted it's 2nd annual, six hour indoor spinning ride at Good Friends Group Fitness.

Some folks rode and others cheered them on as they tried to raise about 25,000.

Kelly Smith, an Ovarian Cancer Survivor says,"It's a silent killer. There are symptoms but most of them are similar to what women face every month around their menstrual cycle. It's important to educate and raise awareness of this disease with the community."

The funds raised will be donated to the Florida Hospital in Orlando.

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Posted by: good job! on May 16, 2011 at 07:53 AM

my sister lost her life due to ovarian cancer as of april 2010. she fought harder than i'd ever see anyone fight. she'd be 24 years old now. people never really know how much cancer destroys, until they see it for themselves. i'm so glad that they are trying to raise the awareness in our area. most of the people that i talked to about it, didn't even know what it was.
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