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of Greater Washington, DC.  --  "Rhonda's Club"

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Welcome to OGCC web site.    

The voices of women with ovarian & gynecologic cancers in greater Washington DC (Va, Md, DC)

Concerned

Types of Gyn Cancer

Risk Factors

Symptoms

Screening & Diagnosis

Incidence & Mortality

Newly Diagnosed

What is a clinical trial? 

Are clinical trials for you?

Living with Cancer

Constipation

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Consumers in Research

Quilts:  Rhonda Quilt 
         Symptom Quilt

Materials 

Ovarian Cancer Brochure (English)

Ovarian Cancer Brochure (Spanish)

Materials for Congress

 
 
 
 
 
 

Bringing Consumer Voices
 into Research 

 

  Raising Our Voices

  • We advocate for needed research to improve detection, treatment, and the quality of life for survivors. 

  • We are the local voices for ovarian and gynecologic cancers in the Greater Washington, DC area (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia).

Committed to Consumer Input

Board members of OGCC participate actively with the government by providing the voices of consumers in governmental research activities.
  • Ann M. Mason, Chair of the OGCC Board, participates as one of the two consumers on the Department of Defense (DoD) working group planning the research peer review activities.
  • Susan Lowell Butler, Vice chair of the OGCC Board, participates with the National Cancer Institute research activities.
  • Charlotte Naschinski served as one of the 6 consumer representatives on the 2003 DoD peer review panels.  Serving as an equal voice to the scientist reviewers, Charlotte provided the voice of ovarian cancer. 
  • Many OGCC representatives have participated in the DoD peer review panels representing the voices of consumers since DoD added consumer voices to their scientific review process:
    • Rhonda Oziel, 1997. 1998
    • Ann Kolker, 1997, 1998
    • Susan Lowell Butler, 1997, 1998
    • Ann M. Mason, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007
    • Mary Scroggins, 1998, 1999
    • Charlotte Naschinski, 2003, 2004
    • Annie Shuma, 2006
DoD is the Department of Defense's Congressionally mandated ovarian cancer program. http://cdmrp.army.mil/ 
 



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