Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

March 2025

According to the charity, Ovarian Cancer Action, approximately 7,500 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the UK each year, with only 3 in 10 women living beyond 10 years after diagnosis.  In light of this, the charity launched Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place in March each year.  The campaign aims to raise awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms and statistics.

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES  

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.

 

BOOKS   

·         Clark’s Essential Guide to Mammography; Borrelli, Claire; Mercer, Claire; Whitley, A. Stewart; 2024 (CRC Press) – [only available as a Keele e-book]

·         Oxford Handbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Collins, Sally; 2023 (Oxford University Press) – [available to loan from the Health Library at County or available as an NHS e-book]

·         Ovarian cancer: methods and protocols; Kreeger, Pamela K; 2022 (Springer US) – [only available as a Keele e-book]

·         Tumor Angiogenesis Assays: Methods and Protocols; Ribatti, Domenico; Ribatti, Domenico; 2022 (Springer US); 2^nd edition – [only available as a Keele e-book]

·         Histopathology Reporting: Guidelines for Surgical Cancer; Boyle, David P; Allen, Derek C; 2020 (Springer); 4^th edition

·         Essential obstetrics and gynaecology; Symonds, Ian M; Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam; 2019 (Elsevier); 6^th edition

·         Principles of Gynecologic Oncology Surgery; Ramirez, Pedro; 2025 (Elsevier) – [only available as an e-book for UHNM users via Clinical Key with an OpenAthens password]

·         Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Gynecologic Cancers; Frumovitz, Michael; 2023 (Elsevier) - [only available as an e-book for UHNM users via Clinical Key with an OpenAthens password]

 

JOURNALS   

·         Gynecologic oncology reports; (Elsevier) – [available as an Open Access e-journal from 2014 onwards]

·         Journal of obstetrics, gynecology and cancer research JOGCR; (Tehran Farname Inc) – [available as an Open Access e-journal from 2016]

·         Southern African journal of gynaecological oncology; South African Society of Gynaecologic Oncology; (Medpharm Publications) – [available as an Open Access e-journal from 2009 onwards]

·         Journal of gynecologic oncology; Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology, issuing body – [available as an Open Access e-journal from 2011 onwards, and as a NHS e-journal 2008 onwards.]

·         Gynecologic oncology (Online); Society of Gynecologic Oncologists; (Elsevier) – [available in print at the Health Library, Royal Stoke from 1996 to 1999, Keele e-journal from 1995 onwards and UHNM e-journal 2007 onwards.]

·         International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics; International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, issuing body; (Elsevier) – [available as a Keele e-journal from 1997 onwards]

·         European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology (Online); (Elsevier) – [available as a Keele e-journal from 1995 onwards, and UHNM e-journal 2007 onwards]

N.B. NHS members can obtain temporary Keele IT log-ins to view e-journals from the Keele IT suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. 

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/  

JOURNAL ARTICLES  

·         “Ovarian cancer symptoms in pre-clinical invasive epithelial ovarian cancer – An exploratory analysis nested within the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)”; Dilley, James; Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra; Ryan, Andy; et al; Gynecologic oncology, 2023-12, Vol.179, p.123-130; DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2023.11.005

·         “Multicenter study of ovarian cancer score for diagnosing ovarian cancer”; Wang, Haixia; Zhu, Jianqing; Zou, Dongling; Rao, Qunxian; et al; Gynecologic oncology, 2025-02, Vol.193, p.58-64; DOI:  10.1016/j.ygyno.2024.12.017

·         “Fragmentomics features of ovarian cancer”; Chao, Xiaopei; Kai, Zhentian; Wu, Huanwen; et al; International journal of cancer, 2024-10, Vol.155 (7), p.1316-1326; DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34981

·         “Ovarian Cancer Risk Prediction - a Clinical Epidemiology Perspective”; Wentzensen, Nicolas; Ring, Kari; Erickson, Britt K; et al; American journal of epidemiology, 2024-08; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae293

·         “Racial and ethnic differences in epithelial ovarian cancer risk: an analysis from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium”; Meagher, Nicola S; White, Kami K; Wilkens, Lynne R; Bandera, Elisa V; et al; American journal of epidemiology, 2024-09, Vol.193 (9), p.1242-1252; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae076

·         “Screening and prevention of ovarian cancer”; Sideris, Michail; Menon, Usha; Manchanda, Ranjit; Medical journal of Australia, 2024-03, Vol.220 (5), p.264-274; DOI: 10.5694/mja2.52227

·         “Promising new drugs and therapeutic approaches for treatment of ovarian cancer-targeting the hallmarks of cancer”; Hillmann, Julia; Maass, Nicolai; et al; BMC medicine, 2025-01, Vol.23 (1), p.10-30, Article 10; DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03826-w

·         “Immunotherapy in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer”; Chen, Keyao; Wang, Jingjing; Yang, Meng; Deng, Shaoqiong; Sun, Li; Biomedicines, 2025-01, Vol.13 (1), p.168; DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13010168

·         “Living a Cancer Surveillance Life: A Meta-Ethnographic Synthesis of Everyday Experiences and Ambivalences for Women Living With Hereditary Risk of Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer.”; Gislinge JIP, Byrjalsen A, Naver KV, et al.; Psycho-oncology.; 2024, Vol. 33 (12), e70054. DOI: 10.1002/pon.70054.

N.B. All the above articles are Open Access so are available online to both Keele & NHS users.

 

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:  

·         NHS website:

o   Genetic Testing - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/predictive-genetic-tests-cancer/

o   Ovarian Cancer - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cancer/

·         Charities / Further information:

o   Ovarian Cancer Action - https://ovarian.org.uk/

o   Target Ovarian Cancer - https://targetovariancancer.org.uk/

o   Ovacome Ovarian Cancer -  https://www.ovacome.org.uk/

·         Clinical Key – Patient Education Leaflets [Available to UHNM only with OpenAthens log-in]:

o   Ovarian Cancer - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_74cacda7-e5bf-47c1-b072-e3f82683f5a8

 

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Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

 

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

22^nd to 28^th January 2024

 

According to Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, every day in the UK nine women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and two lose their lives to it.  Nearly all cases are caused by an infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV). There are tools available to help prevent cervical cancer, such as cervical screening and the HPV vaccination.  However – there is still more to be done - which is why Jo’s Trust continue with their annual campaign, Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, in order to raise awareness of these tools and to tackle inequalities in cancer prevention.

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES  

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.  

                             

BOOKS   

·         Oxford handbook of women's health nursing; Gupta, Sunanda, editor; et al; 2021 (Oxford University Press); 2^nd edition.

·         Clinical gynecologic oncology; Di Saia, Philip J; et al; 2018(Elsevier); 9^th edition. (10^th edition e-book, available to UHNM via Clinical Key).

·         An atlas of gynecologic oncology: investigation and surgery; J. Richard Smith; et al; 2018 (CRC Press); 4^th edition.

·         Cervical Cancer Methods and Protocols; Keppler, Daniel. editor; Lin, Athena W. editor; 2015 (Springer) – [only available as a Keele e-book*].

·         Singer and Monaghan's cervical and lower genital tract precancer: diagnosis and treatment; Singer, Albert; Khan, Ashfaq M; 2014 (Wiley); 3rd edition.

·         Colposcopy: a practical guide; Shafi, Mahmood I.; Nazeer, Saloney; 2012 (Cambridge University Press); 2nd edition.

·         Taking cervical smears; Craddock, Penny; 2003 (British Society for Clinical Cytology); 3rd edition.

·         Human Papillomaviruses Methods and Protocols; Davy, Clare. editor; Doorbar, John. editor; 2006 (Humana Press) – [only available as a Keele e-book*].

·         Sexual health; French, Kathy; 2009 (Wiley-Blackwell) – [also available as an e-book for both Keele & NHS users]

*N.B. NHS staff who are members of the Health Library can request a temporary Keele username which allows access to Keele e-resources from the Training room in the Health Library within the CEC at Royal Stoke.

JOURNALS   

·         Journal of gynecologic oncology; Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology : Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology. [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2008 onwards].

·         Gynecologic oncology (Online); Society of Gynecologic Oncologists; Elsevier. [Available in print from 1996-1999, as a Keele e-journal from 1995 onwards, & as a NHS e-journal from 1997 onwards].

·         Gynecologic oncology reports; Elsevier. [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2014 onwards].

·         Southern African journal of gynaecological oncology; South African Society of Gynaecologic Oncology; Medpharm Publications. [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2009 onwards].

·         Journal of obstetrics, gynecology and cancer research (JOGCR); Tehran Farname Inc. [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2016 onwards].

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/  

JOURNAL ARTICLES  

·         “Investigating feasibility of 2021 WHO protocol for cervical cancer screening in underscreened populations: PREvention and SCReening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC)”; Sultanov, Marat; Zeeuw, Janine de; et al; BMC public health, 2022, Vol.22 (1), p.1-1356, Article 1356; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13488-z.

·         “Cervical cancer prevention in the United States-where we've been and where we're going: The American Cancer Society Primary HPV Screening Initiative”; Nayar, Ritu; Cancer cytopathology, 2023, Vol.131 (12), p.747-750; DOI: 10.1002/cncy.22733.

·         Cervical cancer prevention becomes more efficient; Harper, Diane M. ; Rozek, Laura S.; International journal of cancer, 2022, Vol.150 (3), p.395-396; DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33851.

·         Cervical cancer prevention in transgender men: a review; Weyers, S; Garland, SM; et al; BJOG: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 2021, Vol.128 (5), p.822-826; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16503.

·         “Comparison of HPV testing and cervical cytology in prevention of cervical cancer”; Aleksandrowicz, Jakub; Kosz, Katarzyna; Kuchnicka, et al; Journal of education, health and sport, 2022, Vol.12, p.945-953; DOI: 10.12775/jehs.2022.12.09.017.

·         “Circular RNA in cervical cancer: Fundamental mechanism and clinical potential”; Begliarzade, Sema; Sufianov, Albert; Non-coding RNA research, 2024, Vol.9 (1), p.116-124; DOI: 10.1016/j.ncrna.2023.11.009.

·         “Perspectives of HPV vaccination among young adults: a qualitative systematic review and evidence synthesis protocol”; Mantina, Namoonga M; Nakayima Miiro, Flavia; et al; BMJ open, 2023, Vol.13 (12), p.e076234; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076234.

·         “Characteristic of persistent human papillomavirus infection in women worldwide: a meta–analysis”; Zhao, Ming; Zhou, Dan; et al; PeerJ (San Francisco, CA), 2023, Vol.11, p.e16247-e16247; DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16247.

N.B. All the above articles are Open Access so are available to both Keele & NHS users.

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:  

·         NHS website:

o   Cervical cancer - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cervical-cancer/

o   Cervical screening - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cervical-screening/

o   Colposcopy - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/colposcopy/

·         Charities:

o   Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust - https://www.jostrust.org.uk/

o   Cancer Research UK - https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cervical-cancer

o   Macmillan Cancer Support - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/cervical-cancer

·         Clinical Key – Patient Education Leaflets [Available to UHNM only]:

o   Preventing Cervical Cancer - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_289eff36-f1b6-4d46-85c2-39bb28fe1617

o   Colposcopy - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_8f93570d-bcd5-4af0-9b93-5e60cc3cb4ac

o   HPV and Cancer Information - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_bd0972ca-ab19-4e8e-801f-8ba4e48d32cb

o   HPV Vaccine - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_27500efa-85c9-403b-a437-a46f6190e037

·         BMJ Best Practice – Patient Education Leaflets [Available to NHS]

o   Cervical Cancer - https://bestpractice.bmj.com/patient-leaflets/en-gb/html/3000145/Cervical%20cancer

o   HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine - https://bestpractice.bmj.com/patient-leaflets/en-gb/html/3000239/HPV%20%28human%20papillomavirus%29%20vaccine

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