Tifany Hillman has Ovarian Cancer and is rocking teal and spreading awareness about this often overlooked cancer.
T.E.A.L.® stands for both Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer Louisa M. McGregor Ovarian Cancer Foundation and for Teal, the color that symbolizes Ovarian Cancer. Founded in 2009 by two sisters from Brooklyn, NY to draw attention to Ovarian Cancer.
This cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death among women in the U.S. 19,959 women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2010, and 14,572 had died from the disease. With such a high death rate, it’s hard to find enough “survivors” to advocate for the cause.
Nan Hart wrote on a discussion board of the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) that after her daughter got a teal ribbon tattoo, a coworker asked why her breast cancer ribbon wasn’t pink?
