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Archive Home > 2010 > September > 16 > Inspired to help others

Inspired to help others

Bend woman advocates for better awareness of ovarian cancer

By Betsy Q. Cliff / The Bulletin
September 16, 2010

Donna Blankenship hopes the way people think about ovarian cancer will change.

The first step, said the Bend resident, is just to get people talking about it.

Four years ago, just before her mother, Ellen Hager, was diagnosed with the disease, no one in the family suspected ovarian cancer.

“She....

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