What Do We Know Now? Update on COVID-19 for Gynecologic Cancer Patients
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, there is still a lot of uncertainty and confusion for cancer patients. Dr. Kevin Holcomb, Vice-Chair of Gynecology and Director of Gynecologic Oncology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses the latest information that ovarian, endometrial, and other gynecologic cancer patients need to know, including managing cancer care […]
Topic-Driven Round Table on Ovarian Cancer: Everything You Need to Know About CA-125
Women with ovarian cancer joined Julie Larson, LCSW and peers via video or phone to talk about “Everything You Need to Know About CA-125”
Let’s Talk about Sex and Gynecologic Cancers
Is there sex after cancer? YES! Join Dr. Don Dizon, Professor of Medicine at Brown University and oncologist specializing in cancers in women for an open discussion about intimacy and sexuality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HJm80JPfug
Topic-Driven Round Table on Ovarian Cancer: Understanding Genetics and Ovarian Cancer
Women with ovarian cancer joined Julie Larson, LCSW, guest speaker Dr. Kathryn Pennington of UW Medicine, and peers via video or phone to discuss genetics and ovarian cancer.
Living with Mortality and Finding Meaning
Being confronted by our own mortality can bring up a lot of feelings: fear, anger, sadness, helplessness, and few experiences bring us face to face with our own death like a cancer diagnosis. But facing mortality can also be an opportunity to find meaning, live in the moment, and contemplate the mark you want to […]
Building Better Patient-Provider Relationships
The relationship you have with your medical team is an important part of your cancer experience. Join us for a discussion that begins with exploring your expectations and continues to a group discussion of communication and shared decision making strategies so your needs are met along the way.
Genetics and Genomics in African American Women
This webinar will provide an overview of genetic risk and gene signatures that have been uncovered in recent years, which established unique molecular underpinnings of cancer growth that are specific to ancestry groups. Melissa B. Davis, PhD, Scientific Director of the International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes, Weill Cornell Medical College, will […]
Topic-Driven Round Table on Low Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
A discussion about low grade serous ovarian cancer with Dr. Amanda Nickles Fader, Director of Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital. This type of ovarian cancer behaves differently and is treated differently than other ovarian cancers. This webinar covers information on the subtype and opens a conversation for learning.
Want to Get Away? Considering Treatment Breaks in Ovarian Cancer
How do we make time for the things that matter most when in long-term treatment? For our 5th Annual Joan Sommer Educational Program, Ronald Buckanovich, MD, PhD, Director of the Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence at Magee Women’s Research Institute, will enlighten us with his research on taking breaks from ovarian cancer treatment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V1BFApTU44