Georigia Ovarian Cancer Alliance

The mission of the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance (GOCA) is to increase awareness and educate Georgia's women and their families as well as the healthcare community about risks, symptoms, and treatment of ovarian cancer leading to earlier detection. GOCA serves the metropolitan Atlanta area with public outreach programs and fundraising events and is working to expand statewide outreach. While there are genetic and environmental risk factors involved, there is no sure way of predicting who will contract ovarian cancer, nor is there currently a single screening test (i.e. a mammogram) that will identify it at the earlier, pre-symptomatic stages. Thus, awareness and education are an urgent priority for all women in order to protect themselves from late-stage ovarian cancer.