Every 23 minutes in America, a woman is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and by midnight tonight, another 570 women will have died from it worldwide. Many of these deaths could and should have been deferred or prevented except for late diagnosis and treatment.
It’s estimated that more than 400,000 women in the U.S. have died from ovarian cancer since 2005, and that as of 2021, nearly 240,000 women had succeeded in possibly overcoming the disease, living, but cautiously doing so – and always keeping an eye on its possible reoccurrence.
What all of these women have in common is that they have – or have had – at least one male family member or colleague in their lives. Husbands, sons, fathers, brothers, nephews, and partners who became involuntary participants in their friend or loved one’s ovarian cancer journey.
Men In Teal (MIT) is a team of volunteer action heroes who have fought ovarian cancer with a friend or loved one and who have chosen to proactively draw the line to defy ovarian cancer in their community. YOU can directly turn the tide and help defy ovarian cancer before it destroys more lives.
Building on your personal experiences as a partner who helped a loved one through the journey of ovarian cancer illness, MIT heroes are community champions who receive an on-going personalized education about ovarian cancer, it’s signs, symptoms, ways of diagnosis and most current treatment methods. You then go into your community to work locally to spread ovarian cancer awareness with the public, the media, and with local government officials.