Linda at a quilting retreat, 2008
Cancer might take her hair, but it couldn't touch her smile.
Four years ago today ovarian cancer took my wife Linda,
robbing all of us of a woman of kindly
good humor, gentle wit, and radiant beauty.
Linda is gone, but ovarian cancer is still here, as lethal as ever. During these last four years important advances
have been made in understanding the basic biology of ovarian cancer, but a cure
still eludes us. About 14,000 American
women will die of ovarian cancer this year – essentially the same as a decade
ago. Really, this is inexcusable. I somehow believe that a cure is close, but
we must keep the pressure on. Ovarian
cancer deserves to become a footnote in books on medical biology. Please do what you can.
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