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What Gives Patients and Loved Ones Hope?

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Patients, survivors,loved ones
Conference|National Ovarian Cancer Coalition National Conference

It is important that patients and their loved ones stay hopeful during the ovarian cancer journey. We asked attendees of the 2018 NOCC Annual Conference how they keep positive.

A diagnosis of ovarian cancer can be devastating for patients and their loved ones, but it is important to keep hope.

At the 2018 NOCC Annual Conference in New York City, we asked patients, survivors and loved ones what makes them hopeful. Here's what they had to say.

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