{"id":7070,"date":"2021-02-13T15:09:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T14:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=7070"},"modified":"2021-02-14T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T14:29:59","slug":"ovarian-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2021\/ovarian-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Meeting – Ovarian Cancer with Nicky Thompson Chair of The Dianne Oxberry Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zoom<\/a>On Monday 8 Feb St Albans Soroptimists and guests were\u00a0 joined by Nicky Thompson Chair of The Dianne Oxberry Trust dianneoxberrytrust.org<\/a> at the Club Meeting on Zoom.<\/p>\n

Nicky talked passionately about her friend, Dianne Oxberry, a well known BBC TV and Radio Broadcaster in the North West of England who died very soon after a diagnosis of ovarian cancer and in whose memory the Trust was formed. Nicky is a natural story teller who made \"Dianne<\/a>an impression on everyone attending. Speaking from the heart and without notes she spoke of a \u2018friendly, straight-talking weather presenter\u2019 well known in the North West; a no-nonsense-woman with good judgement and a strong moral compass, who was mad about horses, dogs and life; an incredible mum and gifted broadcaster who behind the scenes was a champion of women and key driver for those lobbying for equal pay at the BBC. She died two years ago, just 4 weeks after seeing her GP and 2 days after her diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Her husband, in shock and deluged with support, set up the charity in record time and by the end of the year \u00a3150,000 had been donated and was used to support bereaved families and research into ovarian cancer, the 4th<\/sup> main cause of cancer in women. The charity decided moving forward they would aim to make a difference by educating and informing women of this disease, a silent killer, and seek to improve the outcomes for women.<\/p>\n

Nicky described a number of barriers which contribute to late diagnosis \u2013<\/p>\n