Informative videos, interviews, and interactive video sessions
Staying Connected
Our Staying Connected service offers you regular email updates, and informative videos, interviews, and interactive video sessions where you can speak to experts directly and ask them your questions. The service will be really easy to use and we’ll have staff at the ready to help anyone with questions.
We appreciate that many members of our community will be staying at home to protect the health and safety of both themselves and those around them. Working together, we feel that is our responsibility to ensure that there are ways for the ovarian cancer community to stay in touch and continue to empower themselves with information about how they can support their personal health and wellbeing.
If you’d like us to keep you up to date with this advice, information from clinicians and tips on wellbeing during this difficult time please sign up to our patient newsletter here.
Upcoming Webinars
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Upcoming webinars
London ovarian cancer support group
The Ovacome London support group is for all people diagnosed with ovarian cancer living in or near London. The group is being held online for the time being.
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Staffordshire ovarian cancer support group
Come join Ovacome's support group for people diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the North Staffordshire area. The group is being held online for the time being.
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Get crafty with Ovacome: felt animals
Join Ovacome for their next craft session, where you'll be making stuffed felt starfish toys, using various sewing techniques.
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Bereavement support group
The Ovacome bereavement support group is for anyone who has experienced the death of someone close to them due to ovarian cancer. The group will be an opportunity to meet others who are grieving, share experiences and receive support in safe and welcoming space.
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Friday afternoon chat and Q&A
Ovacome's weekly Friday afternoon sessions provide an opportunity to speak to others living with ovarian cancer, whether to talk through anything that's on your mind, ask for advice, or just to have a nice chat!
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End of life matters
This group is for people whose needs are changing as their illness progresses. Ovacome aim to talk about emotional and practical issues in a supportive way as we approach the last part of our lives – however we define that time.
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End of life matters
In this group, we aim to talk about emotional and practical issues in a supportive way as we approach the last part of our lives – however we define that time.
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Stoma group
Ovacome's online stoma group is a friendly space for anyone living with a colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy to chat with others in similar circumstances. You’ll be able to share advice and experiences in a relaxed, informal environment. You do not need to stay for the whole hour and a half; you are welcome to join us for as long as you like.
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The role of robotic-assisted surgery in ovarian cancer
During this webinar Ms Nobbenhuis will introduce you to the role of robotic-assisted surgery and how it can be used during ovarian cancer procedures.
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7 week yoga and relaxation course
Join Ovacome for our brand new 7-week yoga and relaxation course, suitable for those affected by ovarian cancer.
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Family and friends group
When you're caring for someone with cancer, it's important to look after yourself and speaking to others in a similar situation can be really helpful. This online group will provide an opportunity to ask any questions that you might have about supporting someone with ovarian cancer, meet others, and share your experiences and advice
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BRCA Q&A with Jo Stanford and Dr Angela Brady
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BRCA Q&A with Jo Stanford and Dr Angela Brady
OCA's Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford hosts a BRCA Q&A with guest Consultant Clinical Geneticist Dr Angela Brady.
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All about PARP inhibitors with Jo Stanford and Dr Jon Krell
Dr Jon Krell, Consultant Medical Oncologist, talks to our Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford all about PARP inhibitors - from what they are, to how they work, their benefits and who can take them. Tune in and learn more.
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Risk-reducing gynaecological surgery with Jo Stanford and Dr Adam Rosenthal
If you missed our risk-reducing gynaecological surgery webinar on 18th August 2020 you can catch up here. OCA's Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford hosts a surgery Q&A with guest Dr Adam Rosenthal, Consultant Gynaecologist and Lead Colposcopist at UCLH.
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Preventing Cancer in Jewish Communities
Our Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford is joined by Rabbi Oliver Joseph and guests as they discuss ways to prevent cancer in Jewish communities based on their knowledge and life experiences.
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Population Genetic Testing with Professor Ranjit Manchanda
If you missed our webinar on Population Genetic Testing in September 2020 you can catch it here. Watch and learn all about Population genetic testing: The road travelled and way forward with Professor Ranjit Manchanda Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at Barts Health NHS Trust.
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All about BRCA research with Dr Jon Krell, Imperial College London
Watch and learn all about BRCA research with Dr Jon Krell from Imperial College London, this was part of our September 2020 Webinar Series.
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Breast Cancer, Risk-reducing Mastectomies with Joanna Franks
Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon Joanna Franks from University College London Hospital talks all about risk-reducing mastectomies in our September 2020 Hereditary Cancer Awareness Webinar series.
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Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer Webinar with Pancreatic Cancer Action
If you missed our webinar all about hereditary pancreatic cancer in September 2020 you can catch up here. OCA’s Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford hosts a pancreatic cancer Q&A with guest expert Becky Rice, Health and Policy Manager at Pancreatic Cancer Action.
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All about BRCA research with Dr Jon Krell, Imperial College London
Watch and learn all about BRCA research with Dr Jon Krell from Imperial College London, this was part of our September 2020 Webinar Series.
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BRCA and prostate cancer with Jo Stanford and Orchid Fighting Male Cancer
If you missed our prostate cancer webinar on 30th September 2020 you can catch up here. OCA’s Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford hosts a prostate cancer Q&A with guest Rob Cornes, Male Cancer Information Nurse Specialist at Orchid.
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Staying Connected
BRCA Q&A with Jo Stanford
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How the immune system fights ovarian cancer with Dr Sarah Spear
OCA's Grants & Impact Manager, Faye Boswell, speaks to Dr Sarah Spear from the Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre about her fascinating research into how the immune system fights ovarian cancer.
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HRT Q&A with Jo Stanford and Dr Louise Newson
If you missed our Hormone Replacement Therapy webinar on 21st July 2020 you can catch up here. OCA's Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford hosts a HRT and inherited cancer risk Q&A with guest Dr Louise Newson, GP and menopause specialist.
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Lynch Syndrome Q&A with Jo Stanford & Dr Anju Kulkarni
If you missed our Lynch Syndrome webinar on 14th July 2020 you can catch up here. OCA's Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford hosts a Lynch Syndrome Q&A with guest Dr Anju Kolkarni, Consultant Clinical Geneticist At Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital.
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Research update: Risk and Prevention with Dr James Flanagan
Dr Flanagan’s research will find out how particular lifestyle factors – such as smoking, alcohol intake, and taking the oral contraceptive pill - affect a woman’s ovarian cancer risk. He updates us on how his research has progressed.
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Crafting activity for World Ovarian Cancer Day
In this session we create beautiful white origami roses, inspired by Ovarian Cancer Actions’s crafty symptoms campaign for World Ovarian Cancer Day. For the month of May, we are asking everybody to create and share a white rose with the symptoms of ovarian cancer online, and add their creation to be part of the UK’s largest rose garden.
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Yoga sequence for women with ovarian cancer
Fi Munro, yoga and meditation teacher, takes us through a yoga sequence specially designed for women with ovarian cancer.
Emergency funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund) and the Welsh Voluntary Services Emergency Fund has helped to fund our Staying Connected programme. Our trust and corporate supporters are: The Moondance Foundation Covid-Relief fund; The Childwick Trust; Astrazeneca; Roche; Abbvie; Glaxosmithkline; Bristol Myers Squibb; and Clovis Oncology.
We would like to thank all of our funders for their support.