The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
(GCF) invites you, your family and friends to attend its upcoming Ovarian Cancer
Survivors Course. This course is being held in conjunction with the Gynecologic
Oncology Group (GOG) Semi-Annual Meeting in
Baltimore
,
Maryland
, on
July 9, 2005
.
To register for
this course, please contact Tina Jackson at (312) 658-0751 or email info@thegcf.org.
Saturday, July 9, 2005
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Registration
1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Course
Baltimore Marriott
Waterfront Hotel
700 Aliceanna Street
Baltimore
,
Maryland
21202
Phone: (410)
385-3000
Schedule:
1:00 p.m. - 1:15p.m.
Course Overview David
Mutch, M.D., Julian Schink, M.D.
1:15 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
"Prevention,
Screening & Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer" Carol L. Brown, MD, Assistant
Attending Surgeon,
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering
Cancer
Center
1:35 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.
"Future of Ovarian
Cancer Treatment & New Drugs and Treatment" Robert Coleman, MD,
Associate Professor, Department of Gynecology Oncology,
M.D.
Anderson
Cancer
Center
2:05 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.
"Update on Clinical
Trials" Edward Trimble, M.D., MPH, Head, Surgery Section Clinical
Investigation Branch, National Cancer Institute
2:25 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
"Biology of Ovarian
Cancer" Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Molecular Mechanisms Section,
National Cancer Institute
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
BREAK
3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
"Targeted Biologic
Therapies" Andrew Berchuck, M.D., Professor,
Duke
University
Medical
Center
3:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
"Complementary
Medicine" C. Bethan Powell, M.D., Director, Gynecologic Oncology, Clinical
Professor of OB/GYN, UCSF/Mt.
Zion
Cancer Center
3:40 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
"Sexuality and
Quality of Life Issues" Vivian von Gruenigen, M.D., Assistant Professor,
University
Hospitals
of
Cleveland
- MacDonald Women's Hospital
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion:
Carol Brown, M.D., C. Bethan Powell, M.D., Vivian von Gruenigen, MD
5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Roundtable
Discussions, Refreshments will be provided during the Breakout Session
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Breakout Session on
Johanna's Law, Sheryl Silver, Founder, Johanna's Law
Alliance
for Women's Cancer Awareness