World Ovarian Cancer Day is May 8th
SAVE THE DATE!!!
The KOH 2025 Gail MacNeil & Diane Castle Morristown Ovarian Cancer Walk will be held on September 28,2025.
The KOH 2025 Valerie O’Rourke Foley Bradley Beach Ovarian Cancer Walk will be held on September 20, 2025 (Rain Date September 27, 2025)
More details to follow.
While we try to increase awareness about ovarian cancer every day, we collectively focus our efforts during National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month each September. During our walks, we educate women about the disease, its symptoms and treatment options while raising money for cancer research. The funds we raise during these events are awarded to researchers using innovative ideas and technology to find an early detection test and a cure for ovarian cancer.
Announcing 2023’s recipients of KOH Research Grants.
Marcin Iwanicki Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology
Stevens Institute of Technology
Sergey Karakashev, PhD
Assistant Professor
Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine
Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Temple University
Dimitrios Nasioudis, MD
Gynecologic Oncology Fellow
University of Pennsylvania I Abramson Cancer Center
To read about their research, click on Funded Research!
Welcome our newest Board Members!
Susan Falco
Susan of Hackettstown is an ovarian cancer survivor and a health coach in the area.
Kate Bielitz
Kate’s mother is an ovarian cancer survivor. Kate is currently an early grades educator at Lacordaire Academy, Montclair. She has earned both an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree from Caldwell University.
Emily DeNapoli
Emily’s mother was diagnosed in 2004 with ovarian cancer and “Team Linda” was formed to raise funds for KOH’s mission. Emily has a background in financial management. She resides in Edison with her family.
KOH has donated over $3.25 million for
Ovarian Cancer Research.
Education
A webinar, held on 1/20/22 on SHARE, helps to unpack the confusion surrounding different forms of genetic testing. It discusses the types of tests you may have had and what tests you should consider in “Genetics and “Genomics”: The Ins and Outs of Testing for Patients with Gynecologic Cancer.
Click Here to access the webinair and the Slide Sets used during the presentation.
SHARE is a national nonprofit that supports, educates, and empowers anyone who has been diagnosed with women’s cancers, and provides outreach to the general public about signs and symptoms.
Passionate Activism
The Kaleidoscope of Hope Foundation Inc (KOH) raises funds for ovarian cancer research and acts as the primary advocate for ovarian cancer activism in the New Jersey area. Read about the research KOH is supporting today. KOH also sponsors Lucy, a canine being trained to sense malignant ovarian cancer cells, at the Monell Chemical Senses Center. Read the latest about Lucy here.
KOH was founded in 2000 by three ovarian cancer survivors who turned their experiences with ovarian cancer into passionate activism.
In the News
KOH sponsored malignant cell sensing canine Lucy featured in Southwest magazine
Lucy is our sponsored canine working in conjunction with Monell Chemical Senses Center. Lucy is being trained to sense malignant ovarian cancer cells as a test for early detection. Lucy and the entire program are featured in the February issue of Southwest magazine. Click Here to read the article.
Ovarian Cancer Survivor Stories
Early detection can greatly increase a woman’s survival rate. KOH will feature a new survivor story frequently to help those fighting cancer realize that there is hope. See Stories
Michele Collins
I was an active 39 year old mom with an 8 year old son and 10 year old daughter at the time of my diagnosis…
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Lynn Franklin
It was the fall of 2004 and I detected a symptom that was unusual for me. I would feel a pull in the pelvic area…
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