2025 Patient & Advocate Education Forum
Friday, March 14, 2025 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Pacific Time
Seattle Convention Center, Room 6A | 705 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101-2310
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Please enter the promo code FWC25PAF to register for the 2025 Patient & Advocate Education Forum.
Join us at this year’s Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC) Patient and Advocate Education Forum. This event is a chance to learn about the most recent developments and breakthroughs in gynecologic cancer and connect with other survivors, advocates, and healthcare professionals. We’ve heard your feedback and have expanded our program to build in more networking opportunities, space to dive into educational content, time to ask and answer questions, and create meaningful conversations. Featured topics include sexual health, integrative medicine, side effect management, and so much more.
Forum featured topics
Disease Sites
Examine the current status of research and patient care for the five gyn cancers: cervical, endometrial/uterine, ovarian, vaginal, and vulvar.
Patient Advocacy & Empowerment
Learn about the power of your voice! Join other patients, care partners, survivors, providers, and more in an empowering and motivating environment.
Clinical Trials
Explore the latest scientific advancements in gyn cancer clinical trials and learn about what your role can be in accelerating research forward.
Wellness
Learn more about how gyn cancers affect patient and survivor sexual health.
Side Effect Management
Learn how to best manage side effects and about advances in radiation and systemic therapies.
Survivorship
Listen to gyn cancer survivors share their journey, and receive helpful tips and tricks for navigating a gyn cancer diagnosis.
Forum schedule at-a-glance
| Time | Session Details |
|---|---|
| 9 a.m. | Registration Opens; Networking |
| 10 a.m. | Forum Welcome |
| 10:15 a.m. | Side Effect Management (Radiation, Systemic Therapy, Q & A) |
| 11:05 a.m. | Patient Advocacy & Empowerment Panel |
| 12 p.m. | Wellness & Survivorship (Sexual Health, Integrative Medicine, Q & A) |
| 12:55 p.m. | Movement Moment |
| 1:15 p.m. | Lunch & Networking |
| 2:15 p.m. | Disease Site Breakouts with Q & A |
| 3:10 p.m. | Food and Drug Administration Q & A |
| 3:55 p.m. | Closing |
Forum add-ons
Still seeking more ways to connect with survivors, advocates, and medical professionals, outside of participating in the Patient & Advocate Education Forum?
We have you covered! Attend the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2025 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer by registering here at a discounted patient and advocate rate of $150. Registration for the Annual Meeting gives you access to the full general program, including additional patient advocate-specific events.
Patient Advocate’s Hope Award Poster Walk
Sunday, March 16th from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. PT | Seattle Convention Center | 705 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101 | Exhibit Hall 4A/4B
The third annual Patient Advocate Hope Award Poster Walk gives participants a chance to review key research and engage with lead investigators. Five researchers will present and answer questions on their posters. After, attendees will be able to vote for the next winner of the Patient Advocate Hope Award.
Foundation for Women’s Cancer Coffee, Chat, & Recap
Sunday, March 16th from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. PT | FWC Patient & Advocate Hospitality Suite, Room 616 | Seattle Convention Center | 705 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101
Recap the SGO 2025 Annual Meeting over light refreshments with members of the Patient Education Committee, other patients, survivors, advocates, caregivers, and medical professionals! Share what you’ve learned or get questions answered on anything you’ve heard during the Annual Meeting.
Hospitality Suite Hours:
- Saturday, March 15th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT
- Sunday, March 16th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT
- Monday, March 17th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT
2025 SGO Annual Meeting Virtual Scientific Debrief: What Patients Should Know
Saturday, May 17th from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM Central Time | Virtual – Zoom
Join us for a webinar highlighting important research from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2025 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer and how that research will impact patients! Speakers will cover new research in Ovarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Cervical Cancer, and more followed by a question and answer session with breakout rooms for each topic. Register today!
Forum Sponsors and Exhibitors
For-profit organizations are invited to support the education forum as event sponsors. For more information and the event prospectus, please contact Gail O’Hara.
Tabletop space for non-profit patient advocacy organizations is available at no charge. This offer consists of one, 6’x30” table and two chairs which will be set inside the forum’s event space. If your patient advocacy organization would like to exhibit at the forum, please contact Brittani Savage.
Questions?
We are happy to help! E-mail us at fwcinfo@sgo.org.
