Join us on Saturday 3 October. This will be an opportunity to attend workshops and to meet others affected by the disease. You are welcome to join us for as much of the day as you like. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
This event is supported by a grant from GSK. GSK have had no input to the content of this activity
Members have access to a range of additional benefits which include: Members Day events, access to financial assistance towards transport and accommodation costs to attend our events, from time to time receiving special offers and goody packs from our charity partners, and being able to attend and vote at our Annual General Meetings.
Sessions will include
- A welcome from Professor Sean Kehoe MD FRCOG
- 'The role of surgery, and developments, in ovarian cancer' with Professor Christina Fotopoulou
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Jo Ashcroft
- 'Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and biomarkers in ovarian cancer' with Dr Rowan Miller
- 'Developments in systemic treatments' with Dr Lucy Dumas
Agenda
- 10:30am – 11:00am - Arrival, registration and refreshments
- 11:00am – 11:15am - Welcome, housekeeping and About Ovacome
- 11:15am – 11:30am – Professor Sean Kehoe, Welcome and 30 years of Ovacome
- 11:30am – 12:15pm – Professor Christina Fotopoulou, The role of surgery, and developments, in ovarian cancer
- 12:15pm -1:00pm – Dr Jo Ashcroft
- 1:00pm– 2:00pm – Lunch
- 2:00pm – 2:10pm – More about Ovacome
- 2:15pm – 3:00pm – Dr Rowan Miller, Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and biomarkers in ovarian cancer - what are they and what might they mean for me?
- 3:00pm – 3:45pm – Dr Lucy Dumas, Developments in systemic treatments
- 4:00pm - Goodbyes
Meet the speakers
- Professor Sean Kehoe MD FRCOG is a professor of gynaecological cancer and lead clinician at Oxford Gynaecological Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at St Peters College, Oxford. He is a member of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FIGO) Gynaecological cancer committee.
Professor Kehoe is the Head of the Ovacome Expert Advisory Panel. - Professor Christina Fotopoulou is Professor of gynaecological cancer surgery in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. She is also the Deputy Director of the Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre at Imperial College. Professor Fotopoulou is the elected representative of Europe and UK on the board of Directors for the International Gynaecological Cancer Society.
- Dr Jo Ashcroft is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Lead for the Macmillan Cancer Psychological Support (CaPS) Service at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Trust Foundation Trust.
- Dr Rowan Miller is a consultant medical oncologist specialising in gynae-oncology and early phase clinical trials at University College London and St Bartholomew's Hospitals. Dr Miller is involved in a number of clinical trials and basic science research projects across the two academic centres and is a member of the ESMO Personalized Medicine and Translational Research Committee.
How to register
We are really looking forward to welcoming you. Please register using the button at the top of this page and you will receive further information by email closer to the date.
Once you have registered, if you can no longer attend this event please do let us know so we can offer your space to others who would like to attend.
If you have any questions about the event, please contact events@ovacome.org.uk or call 020 7299 6654.
Event location
The venue is in SW1P, London. The full address will be confirmed to you upon registration for the event.
This helps us to ensure that only registered attendees arrive at the venue.
Support available for this event
If you require support to attend one of our in-person events, please let us know when you sign up. We always ensure the venues we use are accessible for anyone with disabilities.
Some examples of support we can give include:
- Translators including BSL. We usually require around three weeks advanced notice to allow for booking.
- Receiving slides or information ahead of the session
- Reserve a seat close to the speakers
- Travel assistance - we can help you with planning your travel to our event, and where possible arrange for a member of the team to accompany you on your journey to the event if you need assistance.
- Financial assistance – we want to ensure that Ovacome members can access the events they want to without worrying about the associated costs. For example, we can help cover the price of transport to attend an in-person event and contribute to accommodation expenses if staying away from home to join an Ovacome event. You may feel tired after attending an event. we can arrange accommodation in advance for you so that you can rest before travelling home. Friends and family are included if they are accompanying a person with an ovarian diagnosis to our events, or if they have access needs themselves.
Please do not attend the health and wellbeing day if you have any symptoms of COVID or any other contagious illness, as some of our members are immunocompromised.
"I came out of [the event] feeling like a superwoman. All of a sudden you just think: there's all these things I can do. It's one of the most powerful things I've ever done."
- Gill who attended one of our London Health and Wellbeing Days
"Thank you so much! Such a great opportunity to be with other women who 'just get it'"
- Attendee who came to our Cheltenham Health and Wellbeing Day
All of our ovarian cancer events, webinars, workshops and support groups are free. However, if you can spare a few pounds to cover the cost of your registration, this will help us continue to provide free support to those who aren’t able to do so. You can make a donation when you register. Thank you so much for your support.
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