President's Notes

September 2026

Greetings!

If you are or have been affected by ovarian or gynecologic cancer in central Kentucky or Fayette County, we are your people. We welcome all. 

Look around our website, we have links to Kentucky and national resources, pictures from last year's luncheon, ways to get involved, donate and more.

Our annual celebration luncheon will be 27 September.  Get registered!  Bring family.

September is Ovarian and Gynecologic Cancers Awareness Month.

Quoting the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance -- 

"Ovarian Cancer Lifetime Risk and Survival Statistics

It’s important to be aware of the risk factors for developing ovarian cancer, as well as average rates of diagnosis. Five-year survival rates are commonly used to compare different cancers. Survival rates vary greatly depending on the stage of diagnosis.

A woman’s lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer is 1 in 91.

A woman’s lifetime risk of dying from invasive ovarian cancer is 1 in 143.

Ovarian cancer survival rates are much lower than other cancers that affect women.

The relative five-year survival rate for ovarian cancer is 52% percent."

I am 5 1/2 years NED.  We have 30 year survivors in our group.  Volunteering with BOCS is what I had to do after my treatment in 2020-2021.  

At the end of this year, Cammy Hutchinson will take over as president.  She is fiery and an advocate for ovarian cancer awareness.  I'm very excited to see where BOCS goes in 2027.

In the meantime, we'll celebrate on September 27th, give out awards and door prizes and have a lovely get together.

If you'd like to get involved, email webadmin@BOCSky.org.  

Enid Wohlstein, President of BOCS