Ovarian Cancer Seminar Slated For April

INDIANAPOLIS-- Bess Myerson, an ovarian cancer survivor and Miss America 1945, will be the keynote speaker at a free informational seminar on the disease dubbed "The Silent Killer."

The Town Meeting on Ovarian Cancer will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. The Town Meeting, for the general public, is being held in conjunction with a program for physicians at which local and national experts on ovarian cancer will speak. That part of the program will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., also at the Hyatt Regency.

Organizers of Ovar'coming Together: An Indiana Initiative on Ovarian Cancer will share important information with physicians and the general public to assist them in being more aware of treatment options and the early warning signs of ovarian cancer. If detected early, five-year survival rates for ovarian cancer patients are as high as 90 percent. However, the disease often goes undetected until it has progressed, significantly reducing survival rates. Nationally, each year 26,000 women are diagnosed and nearly 15,000 die from the disease.

Those involved in planning the programs are the Indiana University School of Medicine's Division of Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; the Indiana State Department of Health; Eli Lilly & Company, and Ovar'coming Together, an Indianapolis association of ovarian cancer survivors and advocates.

For additional information or to register for Ovar'coming Together: An Indiana Initiative on Ovarian Cancer, call 317-274-8353.

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