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Tuesday 8th April 2008

HARM OR HELP?
OVARIAN CANCER SYMPTOMS AWARENESS CONFERENCE
Sponsored by The Eve Appeal in Partnership with Ovacome
ELIZABETH WINDSOR ROOM

14:00 Opening remarks and overview of national cancer perspective
Prof. Mike Richards (National Cancer Director; Guys & St Thomas Hospital, UK)

 

Review of the Relevant Data

14:10 Overview of the Goff Study (US)
Dr. M. Robyn Andersen (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA)
14:25
Overview of studies in progress
Dr Usha Menon, Anita Lim (University College London, UK)
14:40 Psychological studies relevant to ovarian cancer
Prof Lesley Fallowfield (University of Sussex, UK)
14:55

Systematic review of literature relating to ovarian cancer signs and symptoms
Prof. Sean Kehoe (Oxford Radcliffe, UK)

15:10 Q&A
  A Spectrum of Opinions (5 minutes each)
15:30 The Ovacome/Patient Perspective
Louise Bayne (Ovacome)
15:35
The Ovarian Cancer Action Perspective
Philippa Carr (Ovarian Cancer Action, UK)
15:40 The Wellbeing of Women Perspective
Gemma Hobson (Wellbeing of Women, UK)
15:45 The Screening Perspective
Prof. Ian Jacobs (University College London and Institute for Women’s Health, UK)
15:50 The British Gynaecological Cancer Society Perspective
Prof. David Luesley (Pan-Birmingham Gynaecological Cancer Centre)
15:55 The Primary Care Perspective
Dr Sarah Jarvis (Royal College of General Practitioners, UK)
16:00 The Radiology Perspective
Dr. Jo McHugo (Birmingham Women’s Healthcare Trust/Royal College of Radiologists, UK)
16:05 The Public Health Perspective
Prof. Peter Sasieni (Cancer Research UK)

This programme is subject to rescheduling and final confirmation