What resources are available from the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund?

The Ovarian Cancer Research fund provides information on awareness, symptoms and treatment options. In this video, HealthMaker Audra Moran details these educational resources on ovarian cancer.

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In many places in the United States, gynecologic oncologists don't exist necessarily, so you might have to travel.

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We provide information on awareness. And we certainly want women to know their bodies and to know if something is wrong in terms of symptoms,

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so frequent urination, feeling bloated, of course, changes in bowel habits, changes in eating habits. Any of those that persist for two weeks

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would be an indication to see a doctor. But most women have experienced all of those things at some time in their life. And so they should see their gynecologist

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to talk it through. But if there is any concern, they should see a gynecologic oncologist. And that is always our number one recommendation,

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to see a gynecologic oncologist because they specialize in ovarian cancer, whereas a gynecologist may not see many cases of ovarian cancer in their lifetime.

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And that is of particular concern. Because in many places in the United States, gynecologic oncologists don't exist necessarily,

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so you might have to travel. And so sometimes that can be a disincentive to treatment that we worry about. So we do provide information on how to connect

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with a gynecologic oncologist. We provide information on symptoms. And then, of course, if you're diagnosed with ovarian cancer, we have a whole different set of materials that we talk about.

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What treatment options might be and whether there might be particular clinical trials that would be appropriate for someone with that situation.

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We do offer different educational activities. One is a webinar series that we offer throughout the year different topics that we think will be interesting, either to partners

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or to the patients themselves, and focusing on different areas of ovarian cancer.