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About the Program The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (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” is enlisting nearly 80 local NOCC chapters committed to providing support for women and their families to launch ovarian cancer educational initiatives throughout the year. 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.To facilitate the understanding of signs and symptoms and to spur patient/physician discussion, NOCC has developed a downloadable Conversation Starter to help women effectively ask questions and to seek out information from their doctors. Additionally, “Break the Silence” radio health programming will air on stations across the country, and public service announcements will run during Ovarian Cancer Awareness month in September. These resources, as well as information about ongoing research and how to find a local specialist, cancer center and/or local NOCC chapter, are available at the NOCC Web site www.ovarian.org. Since its inception in 1995, the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) is committed to raising awareness of ovarian cancer in communities across the country. To contact one of the local NOCC local chapters directly, call 1-888-OVARIAN or click here. My doctor gave me this and the phone number of a lady for me to get in touch with here in Houston