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GCF BULLETIN
The official Newsletter of the Gynecologic Cancer
Foundation
Volume 2, Number 3
In the News...
The nation's two million readers of the February 9, 1998 edition of USA
Today joined the attendees of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society
of Gynecologic Oncologists in discovering the wide range of new medical
findings. Heading the newspaper's "Life" section was a report
on a study carried out by Dr. Stephen Rubin at the University of Pennsylvania
Cancer Center regarding the first long-term follow-up of ovarian cancer
patients having a negative second-look laparotomy, after treatment with
platinum-based chemotherapy. Also cited in this lead article were the results
of Dr. Alexander Sedlis' presentation on a seven year prospective and randomized
study designed to evaluate the risks and benefits of radiotherapy aimed
at reducing recurrence of cervical cancer and mortality.
Good Morning America, ABC's morning news show, had an appearance
by our own Carolyn Runowicz, MD. Dr. Runowicz spoke about the Annual Meeting
and went into detail about a number of the studies that were presented.
Callers responding to the information overwhelmed Good Morning America's
switchboard, as well as that of GCF Headquarters. We also received more
than 500 "hits" on our new WCN website on that day alone.
If you walked by the SGO newsroom during the Annual Meeting, you could
find reporters from the Orlando Sentinel, Reuters News Service, OBGYN
News, Self (Magazine), WESH-TV (NBC-Orlando) and the International
Medical News Group conducting "deskside" interviews with a number
of authors.
As of this issue, news clips from around the country are continuing to
arrive. A more comprehensive coverage update will be included in the next
GCF Bulletin.
GCF BULLETIN
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Ronald D. Alvarez, MD
Managing Editor
Karen Carlson, Executive Director
GCF gratefully acknowledges Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for
support of this Bulletin.
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