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F.O.C.R.  Familial Ovarian Cancer Register
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Participants' comments

We updated our records in 2004 and received many comments from participants in the study. A selection of them are reproduced below.

  • “Thank you to everyone who is running the study – you are doing a marvellous job!”
  • “Many thanks to both you and your colleague Paul for taking the time out to talk to me. I wish you every success in this vital work”
  • “Thank you for a very “user friendly” questionnaire! And for all your good work”
  • “I would like to add my sincere thanks for your interest in the genetic history of my family”
  • “I have found it fascinating being part of (this study) ……………..
  • “Thank you for keeping in touch and I hope all goes well for you in the battle to save people from Cancer”
  • “Thank you for keeping in touch with me. I hope I can be of help to you”
  • “Thank you for all your continued research”
  • “Happy to help – I am very happy to offer any assistance I can with your on-going research”
  • “Thank you for including myself and family in your study”
  • “Thank you for keeping me on your register” (long-term survivor (OV) - 26yrs)
  • “Thank you for the time taken by yourselves, for help with families like mine”
  • “Thanks very, very, much for your work”
  • “Thank you for the update. Good to hear from you”
  • “Good luck with your research”
  • “Thank you for all your work in research, and care”
  • “Thank you for letting us know about the results. It’s nice that Carole Pye is still there after all this time. Continuity is very important. Any help you require let me know”
  • “Hello Carole, nice to hear from you again. I feel as if we are old friends even though we have never met”
  • “Am happy to have been included in your studies. Happy too that there is nothing serious to report up to date. Glad to help at any time”
  • “I am very happy to be part of this register and hope to be helpful, in whatever small way, to others in the future”
  • “Thank you for your recent letter (Carole). Strangely enough, I had been thinking about you and your work just a couple of weeks earlier so it was nice to hear from you. I hope the information will be helpful – my sisters and I will gladly supply further details, if required. I wish you continued success in your work”
  • “Thanks very much for the update. If I can provide any further information, please do get in touch and I shall do what I can to assist”
  • “Thank you, you and your colleagues, for your research”
  • “I’m not sure how helpful all of my negative responses will be but I am happy to help!”
  • “Thank you for all your considerations”
  • “Thank you for the update – I do hope all is going well with your study”
  • “Thank you for all your hard work – my family, for one, greatly appreciate it”
  • “Thank you for keeping in touch with me and letting me know the results of your research. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance” (signed ‘cancer survivor’ – BR 1995)
  • “I’m quite happy to help in any way I can. Thank you”
  • “Nice to hear from you again Carole and to know that the research is still ongoing. If I can be of any help, please let me know. Keep up the good work!”
  • “Very many thanks – continue the good work”
  • “Thank you for your help over the past. I would like to keep in touch!”
  • “Thank you so much for all that you do”
  • “Hope your research is going well and that you are making progress”
  • “I thank you wholeheartedly for your continued research”
  • “Grateful thanks for your wonderful work”
  • “Many thanks. I was very interested to hear from you”
  • “Thank you for your continued interest”
  • “I’d like to say that I’m very grateful to you and your team for all the work you are doing”
  • “I am very interested to hear how the study is going and if I could be of any other help please do not hesitate to contact me”


Last update 7th September 2007