My Story

As you probably know Jen Nieto passed away in April of 2020 from an infection in her blood stream as well as complications due to her Ovarian Cancer. While working through the grief from this great loss in my life I have been working towards being more active and healthy. One of the last letters I received from my Mom (an email because my Mom loved emailing us all) was a letter in which she encouraged me to be happy and healthy. She expressed her own struggles with health and body image throughout her life and encouraged me that while she loved me no matter what I should work towards being healthier in my life. 

My goal is to gather all of my Mom's family and friends to go out and do a safe 1 mile walk with me at City Park as well as to raise awareness and money for the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance which helps support research as well as the women and families as they go through cancer treatments.

Key Statistics for Ovarian Cancer

The American Cancer Society estimates for ovarian cancer in the United States for 2021 are:

About 21,410 women will receive a new diagnosis of ovarian cancer. About 13,770 women will die from ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. A woman's risk of getting ovarian cancer during her lifetime is about 1 in 78. Her lifetime chance of dying from ovarian cancer is about 1 in 108. (These statistics don’t count low malignant potential ovarian tumors.)

This cancer mainly develops in older women. About half of the women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer are 63 years or older. It is more common in white women than African-American women.

The rate at which women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer has been slowly falling over the past 20 years.

Visit the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics Center for more key statistics.