Primary Peritoneal Cancer is an aggressive cancer with few warning signs. It affects between 2000 - 10,000 women in the United States each year. Even those with low risks and healthy lifestyles are prey to this vicious, silent disease. Just ask Martha Kinnecom. She did everything right in her life to avoid cancer, so both she and her doctor were shocked to learn that the vague stomach distress she was experiencing turned out to be Stage IV cancer. Primary Peritoneal Cancer (PPC) originates in the peritoneum which is the membrane or 'inside skin' responsible for producing rich fluids supporting our abdominal organs.
Martha Clarke Kinnecom
As a result, Martha's husband, daughters, and several friends have organized this non-profit foundation to create an awareness of the vague and common symptoms of this disease, and to offer genuine help to those other survivors and families in need.
Biologically, peritoneal cancer cells mimic ovarian cancer cells and is treated in a similar manner. But it is a separate cancer with separate issues, and unfortunately after most patients are diagnosed, they soon discover that there is limited information, help and support specific to this type of cancer for survivors and families.
WHAT IS YOUR CA 125???
Primary Peritoneal Cancer, Ovarian Cancer and other Gynecological Cancers are typically discovered in advanced stages. When diagnosed at Stage I or Stage II, survival rates dramatically improve.
This Foundation supports all efforts, research and organizations which strive to identify opportunities to screen for cancer early.
For more information on what your personal CA 125 is and how that relates to cancer, consult your doctor. For more information on
CA 125, please see the Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Website.
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About Us
Primary Peritoneal Cancer.org was formed in 2008 as the Martha C. Kinnecom Peritoneal Cancer Foundation, Inc. The organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. We may be a new organization, but we intend to grow it aggressively. Will you help us? Please share this site with a friend and consider a small donation today.
PGA Golf Legend
Arnold Palmer volunteers
as a member of the Foundation's Honorary Board of Directors. Arnold's wife Winnie succumbed to PPC in 1999.
The Martha C. Kinnecom Peritoneal Cancer Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation
www.PrimaryPeritonealCancer.org
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