Designed 2013 National Race to End Women's Cancer Promo Deck based on information gathered and written by the Race Director

1. NATIONAL RACE TO END WOMEN’S CANCER
sunday, november 3, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC
walk/run8K 1 Mile*
THE Foundation for women’s cANCER

2. THE HEART & SOUL of this movement
starts & ends with
YOU!
Support our efforts to provide crucial grant funding to researchers, and to share
educational information and resources women need to prevent, detect, treat and
defeat women’s cancer.
The Foundation for Women’s Cancer’s
National Race to End Women’s Cancer is
more than a race – it’s a movemenT to
shine a bright light on GYN cancer!
JOIN OUR FAMILY OF SUPPORTERS to #endwomenscancer.
www.endwomenscancer.org

3. BUT the good news is
REGISTER TODAY!
90,000WOMEN DIAGnOSED WITH
GYN CANCER in 2013
number of those women
who will die30,000
YOUCAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCEwww.endwomenscancer.org
JOIN THE MOVEMENT!
#endwomenscancer

4. National race to end women’s cancer
PRIMARY GOALS:
To raise awareness of GYN cancers so women learn the
signs and symptoms, and seek the best care for early
diagnosis and optimal treatment
To provide research funding and support for the development
of new screenings and diagnostics so that ALL who are
diagnosed will be survivors
#endwomenscancer
www.endwomenscancer.org
JOIN THE MOVEMENT!

5. The MISSIONof the Foundation for Women’s Cancer is to
raise public AWARENESS of ways to prevent, detect and
optimally treat gynecologic cancers, support promising,
innovative gynecologic cancer RESEARCH, and provide
EDUCATIONabout gynecologic cancers.

6. For two decades, the Foundation for Women’s Cancer
has paved the way for the gynecologic cancer awareness
movement. The only national organization dedicated to the eradication of
all reproductive cancers.
The Foundation fosters new breakthroughsthrough the
annual funding of research grants to physician scientists. Since 1995, the
Foundation has provided more than $5 million in stimulus funding to young
investigators, which has translated into $58,000,000in research (a 23%
return on investment), earning recognition from Worth Magazineas
one of the nation’s 100 best charities.
WWW.FOUNDATIONFORWOMENSCANCER.ORG

7. National race to end women’s cancer
The FACTS: Reproductive cancers affect women of all ages —
from their teens and 20’s through their 80’s.
Every 7 minutes More than
1/3
IS ALMOST ENTIRELY
PREVENTABLE WITH
VACCINATION AND
REGULAR SCREENING
cancers receive far less research
funding than other cancers with
similar incidence rates
a woman is diagnosed
with a reproductive cancer will lose
their battle
5 GYN CANCERScervical, ovarian, uterine,
vulvar & vaginal
“below the belt”
CERVICAL
CANCER

8. LEARN
LISTEN
ACT
THE FOUNDATION ENCOURAGES WOMEN TO:
LISTEN TO YOUR BODYLISTE
LEAR LEARN THE SYMPTOMS
SEEK CARE FROM GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGIST

9. EMOGRAPHIC
Under 17
Between 18-30
Between 31-45
Between 46 - 64
Over 65
4%
28%
40%
22%
6%
Participant Ages
5,000
More than
people at the
freedom plaza
1,500board certified
gyn oncs
74%
women
43participants
from
states &
canada

10. THE HEART & SOUL of this movement
starts & ends with
YOU!
JOIN THE MOVEMENT
WWW.ENDWOMENSCANCER.ORG
#ENDWOMENSCANCER