Writing about ovarian cancer and missing a friend — and science writer –who died from it.

I could not help thinking about my friend Caroline Dopyera when I was working on this story. She died in 1997 from ovarian cancer, not long after this picture was taken.  She was an energetic science writer who came to The News & Observer on a AAAS fellowship and stayed on. This picture was taken …

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TALK: Toward Early Detection and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

4 p.m: "New Approaches for Finding Tiny Tumors: Towards Early Detection and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer."   Angela Belcher.   Dana Farber:  Jimmy Fund Auditorium, 35 Binney St.   Details.