About Us
Programs
"Break the Silence"
The NOCC "Break the Silence" campaign is a national education program created to increase awareness and encourage public dialogue about the symptoms and risk factors of ovarian cancer among women and their physicians.
"Break the Silence" radio health programming has aired on stations across the country, and public service announcements run during Ovarian Cancer Awareness month in September. "Break the Silence" is further powered by the nearly 60 local NOCC chapters that have committed themselves to launch ovarian cancer educational initiatives throughout the year.
To help facilitate and spur patient/physician discussion, NOCC has developed a Conversation Starter and Physician Letter to help women more effectively ask questions and provide information on symptoms they may be experiencing in order to seek out information from their doctors. By arming women with the tools they need to begin a dialogue with their physicians, NOCC is striving to facilitate earlier diagnosis and to ultimately improve survival rates of this disease. In addition, information about ongoing research and how to find a local specialist, cancer center and/or local NOCC chapter, are available on this website.
"Take Early Action & Live" - the TEAL Initiative
If ovarian cancer is diagnosed and treated early, when the cancer is confined to the ovary, the five year survival rate is over 90%. That is why awareness of early symptoms and education about the disease are so important. It is this simple, yet undeniably powerful truth that inspired the "Take Early Action & Live" initiative.
The TEAL initiative leverages the power and effectiveness of pass-along email to spread awareness at a grass roots level from one women to her circle of friends and family. The initiative has two objectives: the first is helping women become aware of the four most consistent symptoms of ovarian cancer. The second is let women know if they experience any of those symptoms on a daily basis for more then a few weeks, they should talk to their physician, preferrably a gynecologist, right away.
To begin your own pass-along email message to the women you care about, click here and we'll get you started. The message you send out today, may save a life tomorrow.
"There is Hope"
The NOCC "There is Hope" campaign is a national survivor program created to improve ovarian cancer survivors' quality of life and survivability.
Programs Overview
- NOCC 1-888-OVARIAN (1-888-682-7426) toll free information and help line
- Comprehensive on-line ovarian cancer resource www.ovarian.org
- Publication and distribution of informational literature about the disease, its symptoms andrisk factors, treatment and care issues, and community outreach to diverse populations and healthcare providers throughout the United States
- Availability of peer-to-peer support
- Special education and awareness projects
- Distribution of a national newsletter circulated to a grassroots national network of women living with ovarian cancer,families, friends, healthcare professionals, physicians, NOCC Chapters, supporters and the interested public
- Physician and health care professionals education through a Symptom Card program and Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs
- Aggressive September Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month national public information campaign and special public awareness and education projects
NOCC is an established media resource
Successful outreach efforts have positioned NOCC as a media resource to speak about the consumer and patient perspective of ovarian cancer. NOCC has reached millions of U.S. readers since September 1998. Recent articles that reference NOCC have appeared in such publications as the Ladies Home Journal, Women's Day, Family Circle, Redbook Magazine, the New York Times, The Cancer Letter, American Health Advocate, MAMM magazine and community newspapers throughout the country.
NOCC works to obtain more funding for patient, public and professional education
NOCC has successfully nominated consumer liaisons to the National Cancer Institute CARRA program, the Department of Defense, WebMD Consumer Advisory Panel and the California Cancer Research Program. Since 1998 NOCC has helped facilitate numerous state, county and municipal resolutions for ovarian cancer awareness.
