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Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

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The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund is the largest private funding agency supporting ovarian cancer research. Since 1998, OCRF has awarded over $28 million in grants to 128 of the brightest women and men in the field today at over 40 leading medical centers across the country. OCRF's Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), comprised of eleven of the leading gynecologic oncologists and researchers in the country, reviews and makes recommendations for OCRF's four high-impact grant programs: Individual I

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