The Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus for the fourth year in a row leads in Catalonia the events on the occasion of the World Day of Ovarian Cancer, which is celebrated on May 8. The http://bit.ly/229JWZC Group of Biomedical Research in Gynecology of the Vall d'hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and the http://bit.ly/16rOcwr" service of Gynaecology of Vall d'Hebron have prepared a program of activities, including the sale of the Bread with Chocolate for research on ovarian cancer, made by master baker http://bit.ly/1iKfGNy" Daniel Jordà, the collaboration of the photographer and gastroblogaire http://bit.ly/2qsH02w" Carolina Ferrer and the baker http://bit.ly/2pIrleG" Rosa Maria Escribano. First class assistantsThis year, the initiative has the support of the master baker Daniel Jordà, Carolina Ferrer and Rosa Maria Escribano, who have joined forces to make the traditional "bread with chocolate" a symbol of solidarity in a n event to raise awareness of the disease. All the units will be sold for the symbolic price of 2 euros to support initiatives that give to know this disease and raise funds for their research. The breads will be able to buy on May 8 in the Arcasa cafés in the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, in the shops of the authors (http://www.panescreativos.com/ www.panescreativos.com and http://www.manenas.es/ www.manenas.es), and, from today, at the stalls of the market of la Boqueria. In addition, the members of the Group of Biomedical Research in Gynecology of VHIR and the Gynecology Service of the Hospital will sell the solidarity bread with chocolate on the same day 8 in the halls of the Mother and Child Hospital and at the General Hospital, in an action that will also raise awareness among visitors and professionals about ovarian cancer. To do so, they will count with the participation of representatives of the Association of People Affected by Ovarian Cancer (ASACO). At the information stands they will sell solidarity pins and bracelets created for the occasion by http://bit.ly/NO4JT6" Samburu. The wristbands can also be purchased for 5 euros through the website of Samburu Accessories. http://bit.ly/1Tidmjc" The ovarian cancerOvarian cancer is the type of gynecological tumor with the highest mortality rate. Accounts for about 5% of all women's tumours, is the sixth most frequent and the fifth most common cause of death by cancer in women. The main problem in the fight against this disease is that it does not present symptoms as a guidance for doctors and patients to get a quick diagnosis. This causes that they are diagnose at an advanced stage in over 70% of cases and that the overall survival at 5 years is lower than 30%.Within the Group of Biomedical Research in Gynecology led by Dr. Antonio Gil, who is also the head of the Gynecology Service at the Hospital, Dr. Anna Santamaria and the rest of researchers develope lines of research to provide answers to the most important clinical needs related to ovarian cancer, such as the early diagnosis, the evolution of the disease, and its process of dissemination and the search for new therapies. In relation to treatment, Vall d'Hebron treats cases of gynecologic cancer at the Oncological Gynecology and Lower Genital Tract Pathology Unit, formed by 8 professionals who each year assist nearly 9,000 patients and perform a half thousand surgical interventions.