GOSH Podcast
GOSH Podcast
Gynecologic Cancer Initiative
Prevention in Focus: Modifiable Risk Factors for Ovarian Cancer
15 minutes Posted Mar 2, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
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In this episode, Sabrina sits down with Dr. Jennifer Ritonja, a scientist in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the BC Cancer and epidemiologist specializing in modifiable risk factors for women’s cancers. Together, they explore what life-course research tells us about physical activity, body fatness, vitamin D, and the realistic potential of lifestyle-based prevention for ovarian cancer. Does timing matter? Is being active at one stage of adulthood enough? And how do we distingu...