Up to 70 percent of women with high-grade ovarian cancer see their cancer return after surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy. A new clinical trial at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is testing an investigational treatment that could eventually offer a new way to fight the disease.

There’s a positive energy that happens when a community comes together not just to raise funds and awareness, but to raise hope. That energy was undeniable this year as Teal Wings of Hope and UAB Gynecologic Oncology deepened a powerful partnership by turning events of speed, style, and sport into an effort for change.