Informative videos, interviews, and interactive video sessions
Please tell us: how can we help you?
Back in April, we launched Staying Connected with our friends at Ovacome - a programme designed to help our community feel connected, informed and uplifted throughout these uncertain times.
We are happy to announce that Staying Connected will be continuing over autumn and into the new year - and we want to make sure Staying Connected changes with you.
We know that what our community wanted and needed earlier in the year may be different to what they need now. That’s why we’re asking if you can spare 15 minutes to tell us how you have been affected by Covid-19 and how we can help you in the coming months.
Click here to get started. Thank you for your time.
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 here.
Upcoming Webinars
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Upcoming webinars
Get crafty with Ovacome: embroidery
Join us for our next craft session, where we'll learning how to create some simple embroidery designs.
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PARP inhibitors with Dr Jon Krell
Whether you're interested in knowing how PARP inhibitors work, what their benefits are or who can take them, join us and bring all your questions to ask the expert.
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Stoma support group
A friendly space for anyone with ovarian cancer who has a colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy.
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Early menopause group January
This chatty, informal session gives you the chance to connect with others going through, or about to go through, early menopause, as well as to share information, advice and tips.
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Family and friends group
This new 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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New developments in breast reconstruction
Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon Miss Joanna Franks talks through all the latest developments in breast reconstruction techniques.
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Follow-up care
Consultant Nurse in Gynaecology/Oncology Dr Cathy Hughes will be talking about follow-up care after your cancer treatment and discussing why various approaches are taken in different circumstances.
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Coventry ovarian cancer support group
The Ovacome Coventry support group is for all people diagnosed with ovarian cancer living in the Coventry area.
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Exercising during and after ovarian cancer treatment: Q&A
Cancer Exercise Specialist Lizzy Davis will be letting you know how you can exercise in creative and safe ways to suit your health and fitness levels.
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BRCA Circle February
BRCA Circle is an informal monthly group session for those who carry a BRCA mutation.
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Coping with feeling lonely
Founder of Marmalade Trust Amy Perrin will be talking about managing feelings of loneliness, especially in light of everything that has happened over the last year.
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Younger women's group
The Ovacome Younger Women’s Group is for anyone who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer before the age of 45. We meet 5-7 pm on the first Wednesday of every month.
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How to be your own life coach
Learn how to be your own life coach and set small, achievable goals for yourself when life feels overwhelming.
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Upcoming webinars
How to be your own life coach
Learn how to be your own life coach and set small, achievable goals for yourself when life feels overwhelming.
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Upcoming webinars
Early menopause group February
This chatty, informal session gives you the chance to connect with others going through, or about to go through, early menopause, as well as to share information, advice and tips.
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Upcoming webinars
Early menopause group March
This chatty, informal session gives you the chance to connect with others going through, or about to go through, early menopause, as well as to share information, advice and tips.
Book your spot
Risk-reducing gynaecological surgery with Jo Stanford and Dr Adam Rosenthal
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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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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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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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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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BRCA Q&A with Jo Stanford and Dr Angela Brady
If you missed the BRCA webinar on 4th May 2020 you can catch up here. OCA's Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford hosts a BRCA Q&A with guest Consultant Clinical Geneticist Dr Angela Brady.
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Yoga sequence for women with ovarian cancer
"I don’t know if yoga and embracing holistic health healed my cancer but one thing is for sure, it healed my fear of cancer and taught me how to live again. I now embrace a happy and fulfilling life flowing with joy and positivity. Having started my teacher training as a means of supporting my own healing I now want to share this knowledge with others and help them on a journey to recovery too." Fi Munro is yoga & meditation teacher as well as a an award-winning researcher, author, blogger, speaker and mentor. She takes us through a yoga sequence specially designed for women with ovarian cancer.
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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.