Informative videos, interviews, and interactive video sessions
In our recent survey, you told us how we can help you navigate the coming weeks of self-isolation.
You said that you want the latest information for ovarian cancer patients and to know what it means for you or a loved one. You’d also like extra support and advice on how to keep your mind busy throughout these uncertain times.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with our friends at Ovacome to deliver our Staying Connected programme, designed to help our community to feel connected, supported and informed.
We appreciate that many members of our community will now 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 now 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.
Our Staying Connected service will include 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.
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.
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Friday afternoon chat and Q&A
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Risk-reducing gynaecological surgery
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Diet and cancer: ask your questions
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Gentle home exercise class
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Stoma support group
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Sex and intimate health after surgery
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Younger Women’s Group
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BRCA and Lynch syndrome: starting a family
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Risk-reducing mastectomy chatter
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Is ovarian cancer hereditary in my family?
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Family and friends group
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How the immune system fights ovarian cancer with Dr Sarah Spear
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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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BRCA & Hereditary cancer risk
Cancer Prevention Officer Jo Stanford explains what you can expect from our Hereditary Cancer Risk workshops as part of our Staying Connected programme, in partnership with Ovacome.
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Psychological support for ovarian cancer patients
Psychological support for ovarian cancer patients is vital for improving quality of life for those living with the disease. Lesley Howells, Maggie's Lead Psychologist, spoke to Ovarian Cancer Action's Research Manager, Su-Lin about OVPSYCH2, a recent study into survivorship support.
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