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
Advancements in Ovarian Cancer Screening and Treatment
Gynecologic oncologist Douglas A. Levine, MD of NYU Langone Health will discuss the latest breakthroughs in screening, treatment, and disease management for ovarian cancer. This program is being put on in partnership with FORCE.
Fear of Recurrence
This presentation by Julie Larson, LCSW, discusses the fear of recurrence for women who have just ended their ovarian cancer treatment, and how you can take control of your thoughts and emotions during this difficult time.
Navigating Your Ovarian Cancer Pathology Report
Do you wish you could better understand your pathology report? This report provides information about your tumor tissue and is used for diagnosis and treatment decisions. Dr. Tamara Kalir, Professor of Pathology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, will help us better understand the pathology of ovarian cancer, clarify what goes into a […]
