Selected References 'PRO' Presentation: Carolyn Benivegna - Ovarian Cancer Survivors' Debate (previously unpublished)

SELECTED REFERENCES

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC)

www.ovarian.org

561.393.0005

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA)

www.ovariancancer.org

202.331.1332

Ovar’coming Together

www.ovariancancerin.org

317.925.6643

Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida-Gulf Coast

(OCAF-GC)

www.ovariancancerflorida.org

239.455.0554

FORCE:  Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered

Re. hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

www.facingourrisk.org

954.255.8732

SHARE

Providing survivor-led support for those with breast or ovarian cancer

www.sharecancersupport.org

212.719.0364

Gilda’s  Club

Provides meeting place for people with cancer for emotional support & networking

www.gildasclub.org

888.GILDA-4-U (888.445.3248)

National Ovarian Cancer Association (Canada)

www.ovariancanada.org

416.962.2700 or toll-free 877.413.7970

Ovarian Cancer Canada (OCA)

http://www.ovariancancercanada.ca/

800.749.9310 or 604.676.3431

Canada Cancer Society

http://cs.kintera.com/

858.795.3111

National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC)

http://tinyurl.com/34h7c3

416.961.7223

Sandi Pniauskas

sandipn@sympatico.ca

Carolyn Benivegna

CBenivegna@mi.rr.com

Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF)

Promotes public awareness about the prevention, early detection and treatment of gynecologic cancers.

www.thegcf.org

312.578.1439

Allied Support Group

Part of GCF; mission is to facilitate synergy between organizations who share the goals of the prevention and early detection of gynecologic cancers, and of optimizing the care of women living with these malignancies.  

www.thegcf.org/about/allied.htm

312.578.1439

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Part of National Institutes of Health (NIH)

www.nci.nih.gov

800-4-CANCER (800.422.6237) or 800.332.8615

R. Kevin Reynolds, M.D., FACOG, FACS

Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

http://www.med.umich.edu

734.936.6886

James W. Orr, Jr., M.D., FACOG, FACS

Past President of Society of Gynecologic Oncologists

Medical Director of Florida Gynecologic Oncology and

Lee Cancer Care

www.Leememorial.org

800.874.7502 and 239.334.6626

  

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

http://www.partnershipagainstcancer.ca

National Cancer Institute of Canada

http://www.ncic.cancer.ca

Canadian Institute for Health Research

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Clinical Trials by University/Organization

http://tinyurl.com/yqo34k

PubMed (to do searches)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez

CANADIAN HEALTH NETWORK

Complimentary and Alternative Health Resources (Canada)

http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1047656077462&pagename=CHN-RCS%2FPage%2FKeyResourcePageTemplate&c=Page&gtPageTitle=1047656077028&lang=En&reportGroupTopic=Complementary+and+Alternative+Health&repType=Key+Canadian

or

http://tinyurl.com/4wos9

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22 May, 2011 

Perspectives 2011: Key to Ovarian Cancer Detection - the Endocrine Society Research Affairs Endocrine News Jan 2011 Dr Lee (Chicago)

Perspective: Dr Lee (Chicago)

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2011 (pdf/slides) Screening for Ovarian Cancer - University of Manitoba - Dr Lotocki

Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Cancer Day for Primary Care
Friday, January 14, 2011

full free access: eMJA: Pathways to the diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer in Australia

Note: excerpts below,  the tables included in the paper provide interesting information including patients with borderline tumours, 24% of patients in this study had a prior hysterectomy  etc...

Objective:

To describe the diagnostic pathways experienced by a large, representative group of Australian women with ovarian cancer, and to document the time between first presentation to a medical professional and clinical diagnosis.

Main outcome measures:

Number and type of doctors consulted, investigations performed, referral patterns and the time from first presentation to diagnosis.

Conclusions:

Despite anecdotal suggestions to the contrary, most women with ovarian cancer in Australia are investigated and diagnosed promptly. The diagnostic process is more protracted for a minority of women, and the factors we found to be associated with diagnostic delay warrant further investigation.

"........The numbers of symptoms reported, doctors seen and total doctor visits were all highly skewed. These variables were therefore summarised....."