SGO from a Distance- Part 2

Before I begin sharing some tweets from yesterday's SGO Annual Meeting I want to share Ovarian Cancer Prevention: Ready for Prime Time a commentary written by Otis Brawley, MD in the ACS Journal CANCER. Initially the letter was not available to those who were not subscribers to CANCER. But after tweeting about survivors / advocates having to pay $6 to read the letter, editors made the commentary as well as the original article ( Society of Gynecologic Oncology recommendations for the prevention of ovarian cancer) available to all free of charge. Thank you to Wiley and the editors of the ACS Journal CANCER for responding within hours to my request.

 Where You Are Treated is Important:

Ovarian carcinoma patients should be treated in 'high volume' hospitals #SGO2015 pic.twitter.com/qi1UVP5VL8
— Jurgen Piek (@JurgenPiek) March 30, 2015

Pap Test & Ovarian Cancer:

#gyncsm @JurgenPiek #SGO2015 study dr Kinde shows that ovarian carcinoma can be detected with PAP smears pic.twitter.com/w6Zqfs6Xql
— Women of Teal (@womenofteal) March 30, 2015

Do Ovarian Cancer Survivors Know their BRCA Status?

#gyncsm @csewardallred @TargetedOnc Only 25% of pts with #ovariancancer know their #BRCA status. Poster 443 #SGO2015 pic.twitter.com/Bbj0SJkdTA
— Women of Teal (@womenofteal) March 30, 2015

Cediranib and Endometrial Cancer:

dr Bender shows another promissing targeted therapy, cediranib, tested in endometrial carcinoma #SGO2015. pic.twitter.com/GsxX2XK05Q
— Jurgen Piek (@JurgenPiek) March 30, 2015

Ruciparib Effectiveness in Ovarian Cancer:

Great talk from dr Swisher #SGO2015 on PARP inhibitor effectiveness also in non brca germline mutation related ovcar pic.twitter.com/LcWnRQAS4L
— Jurgen Piek (@JurgenPiek) March 30, 2015

Cervical Cancer and Bevacizumab:

#gyncsm RT @byandrewjroth Patients with Cervical Cancer and CTCs Treated With Bevacizumab Show Improved OS http://t.co/59QgTnJ18O #sgo2015
— Women of Teal (@womenofteal) March 30, 2015

Solving the Health Care Problem

Michael Porter on solving the Health care problem #SGO2015 pic.twitter.com/Ot5SnC7rgH
— Richard Barakat (@barakatmd) March 30, 2015

Thanks so much to all the docs and researchers at SGO for sharing their insights during the Annual Meeting.

Dee
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