Town Talk: 'Underfunded' ovarian cancer research gets gala boost

ON THE BALLS: It took fortitude for Barbara Fleming to press on knowing she had the most fatal women’s cancer and that it wouldn’t let go. Half of those diagnosed with ovarian cancer die within five years. Even so, research to identify and treat it receives only $16.9 million in Canadian Institute of Health Research funding annually compared to breast cancer’s $81.3 million. But press on six-year survivor Fleming did, raising tens of thousands in her Barb Fights Back campaign.