Let’s Talk About It: Ovarian Cancer – Making Meaning
The new year can be a time filled with promise, beginnings, and a fresh outlook. But a cancer diagnosis can make it hard to consider the road ahead. What value is there in setting goals if the future feels uncertain? Let’s come together to talk about the topic of “Making Meaning and the Road Ahead.” […]
Strategies for Managing Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
When ovarian cancer returns, it’s not uncommon to experience a range of emotions and feel overwhelmed. But it’s important to remember that recurrent ovarian cancer can often be successfully treated. Dr. Shannon N. Westin, gynecologic oncologist and clinical investigator at MD Anderson Cancer Center, goes over the latest treatment options for recurrent disease. This is […]
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 […]