Women who have had a diagnosis of ovarian cancer from across the UK will put their questions to world-renowned experts at the UK’s leading ovarian cancer conference. The ‘Ask the Experts’ conference, organised by Target Ovarian Cancer, will take place in Birmingham on Tuesday 14 June 2016. Every year, 678 people are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the West Midlands, and 422 lose their lives.
Local healthcare professionals and experts will join others from across the UK for the trailblazing conference which will deliver the latest news in ovarian cancer research, diagnosis and treatment. Ask the Experts is chaired by Professor Henry Kitchener (Professor of Gynaecological Oncology at the University of Manchester, and Chair of Target Ovarian Cancer’s Scientific Advisory Board) and Annwen Jones, Chief Executive of Target Ovarian Cancer, and will be streamed live on the day at www.targetovariancancer.org.uk/birmingham
A theme of Science, theory and advances in ovarian cancer will bring together local experts Mrs Sudha Sundar, Consultant in Gynaecological Oncology at Birmingham City Hospital and University of Birmingham Senior Lecturer, and Mr Janos Balega, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at Birmingham City Hospital. Joining them will be Mr Adam Rosenthal from University College London, Dr Andrew Clamp from The Christie in Manchester, and a host of leading scientists funded by Target Ovarian Cancer, who will speak about their cutting-edge ovarian cancer research.
Representatives for support centres Penny Brohn UK and Target Ovarian Cancer lay Research Advocates will offer a wide-ranging view of ovarian cancer at the conference, enabling women to explore all aspects of the disease, support available, and ways in which they can take action to affect the ovarian cancer landscape for the whole of the UK.
Clare Godfrey from Great Barr was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006, and will attend the conference on 15 June. She said: “Ovarian cancer is a little-talked about disease and yet 7,000 people are diagnosed each year in the UK. Having a conference where women who have had a diagnosis of ovarian cancer can come together and crucially, speak to experts in this field, is ground breaking.
“I’m looking forward to hearing more about familial ovarian cancer, and also about the forward-looking research that Target Ovarian Cancer has funded.”
Annwen Jones, Chief Executive of Target Ovarian Cancer and co-chair of the conference, said: “The Ask the Experts conference is a unique coming together of women with ovarian cancer and leading ovarian cancer clinicians and scientists. I am proud that Target Ovarian Cancer is playing host to such an influential group of experts in the field. Thanks to them, women who have had a diagnosis of ovarian cancer will be able to ask the questions that matter to them.”
