Mission of the
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation

The mission of the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation is to identify, develop and seek funding for programs which reduce the impact of gynecologic cancers on the physical and emotional health of women and their families.

These programs include:

1) Increase public awareness of ways to prevent, detect and treat gynecologic cancers;

2) Increase public awareness of the central role of gynecologic oncologists in these activities;

3) Train a cadre of clinicians/scientists to participate in clinically relevant research in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute;

4) Support promising, innovative research related to malignancies arising in gynecologic organs.

GCF Funded Programs 1996

GCF/NCI Research Training Fellowship

The awardee will study at the National Cancer Institute for 2 years for $50,000/year per trainee. Laboratories in all divisions of the NCI are available to this program. Applicants who are selected will be assisted in identifying the laboratory in which they will carry out their research. The applicant must have completed or be in the final year of an approved fellowship in gynecologic oncology. Each candidate is required to have three letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the director of the candidate's fellowship program. Terri Cornelison, M.D., began her two-year program in July of 1995. Working in the radiobiology laboratory of Doctor Paul Okunieff, she is working on the project, "Prevention of Late Effect Radiation Fibrosis by Cytokine Inhibition."

Karin Smith/GCF Research Project in Ovarian Cancer

This research project is for one year at $50,000. This program is intended to support practical, clinically useful research related to ovarian cancer. All applications are to be accepted by established investigators. The recipient must submit a progress report at six months and at the completion of the award.

Stephen Rubin, M.D., was the 1996 recipient of this research grant for his application entitled, "Adenovirus - mediated gene therapy of human ovarian cancer"

GCF Research Project in Surgery
(Supported by a grant partially supported from Ethicon Endo-Surgery)

This research project is for 1 year at $50,000. All applicants are requested to support studies in innovative, applied surgical techniques related to gynecologic oncology. Proposals may include animal laboratory, research, endosurgery, investigation of wound healing in irradiated tissues, or other surgical questions. Applications will be accepted from investigators with established research programs. The recipient must submit a progress report at six months and at the completion of the award. T. Scott Jennings, M.D. was the 1996 recipient of this research project for his applications entitled, "Comparative Study of Crystalloid vs. Albumin Replacement in Patients with Ovarian Cancer and Ascites."

Gynecologic Cancer Foundation Information Hotline 1-800-444-4441

In an effort to provide valuable information on gynecologic cancer to the public, the GCF developed the GCF "Information Hotline."

Anyone who dials 1-800-444-4441 will be offered 4 types of information. All of these services are free:

1) By indicating their telephone area code, they will randomly receive the name, address and telephone of gynecologic oncologists in their area code;

2) An informational brochure "Maintain Your Gynecologic Health with Education and Early Detection," will be sent by fax or mail if requested;

3) Instructions for contacting the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation by mail or telephone;

4 ) A directory of all gynecologic oncologists and related specialists will be sent by mail. This allows the caller to contact specialists outside their area code.

Other Communication Activities funded in 1996 include:

Media coverage of the annual clinical meeting and pre-printed releases to the media of the contents of outstanding abstracts published in the Journal of Gynecologic Oncology.

Category of Donors	Pledged	Actual $
Members*	$564,821*	$409,411*
Corporate	$524,750	$399,550
Memorials	$19,177	$19,177
Individual/Other	$970,220	$409,620
Bequests**	$500,000	$0
Total	$2,578,968	$1,237,758
** Bequests have been made by members and individual non-members.

Gynecologic Cancer Foundation Financial Report
(As of December 31,1996)

Income	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1996
	12 Month Audit	12 Month Audit	12 Month Audit	12 Month Audit	12 Month Audit	Budget	12 Month Unaudited
Anonymous	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Contributions - SGO	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000	$0	$0
Contributions - Allied Society	$0	$0	$2,000	$0	$10,000	$0	$0
Contributions - Corporate	$0	$54,000	$7,000	$133,600	$25,000	$100,000	$163,700
Contributions - Members	$12,800	$118,195	$103,675	$67,612	$51,585	$70,000	$90,910
Contributions-Individual	$0	$2,230	$4,235	$122,299	$84,685	$75,000	$189,617
Subtotal	$12,800	$174,425	$116,910	$323,511	$172,270	$245,000	$444,227
Grants	$0	$0	$7,500	$0	$0	$0	$0
Interest	$0	$2,817	$5,820	$13,879	$27,748	$22,590	$36,643
Miscellaneous	$0	$0	$0	$3,893	$0	$0	$0
Patient Brochures	$0	$0	$0	$4,555	$2,036	$1,000	$470
Subtotal	$0	$2,817	$13,320	$22,327	$29,784	$23,590	$37,113
Total Income:	$12,800	$177,242	$130,230	$345,838	$202,053	$268,590	$481,340
Expense
Administrative	$88,322	$90,864	$53,751	$30,596	$45,747	$62,385	$55,017
Annual Meeting	$0	$0	$0	$1,244	$625	$600	$485
Annual Meeting Awards	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,000	$5,000	$7,671
Research Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$125,000	$175,000	$125,000
Communications Committee	$1,029	$10,579	$5,733	$18,584	$36,886	$112,530	$90,812
Total Expense:	$89,351	$101,443	$59,484	$50,424	$213,258	$355,515	$278,985
Total Income:	$12,800	$177,242	$130,230	$345,838	$202,053	$268,590	$481,340
Total Expense:	$89,351	$101,443	$59,484	$50,424	$213,258	$355,515	$278,985
Net Income	($76,551)	$75,799	$70,746	$295,414	($11,205)	($86,925)	202,355 ($201,008)
(LOSS)

Cumulative List of GCF Donors

I. Members

The listing below represents all donations - based on actual dollar amount received to-date -
contributed to GCF.

Note: GCF has been named
as a beneficiary of a life
insurance policy which is
part of a corporate charitable donor program: By J. Taylor Wharton, M.D. GCF's share
is $500,000.

Hugh Shingleton, M.D.,
has also given a bequest
of $15,000 to GCF.

Over $9,000
*Larry Copeland
*Thomas Dolan
James Freel
*David Gershenson
Howard Homesley
C. Paul Morrow
*Carolyn Runowicz
Josh Tunca

Over $1,000 to $9,000
*Gazi Abdulhay
*Leon Adcock
*Francisco Ampuero
J. Max Austin
*Jeffrey Bell
*Guy Benrubi
Michael Berman
*Charles Boice
Richard Boothby
Richard Boronow
John Boyce
*John Brown
*Matthew Burrell
Richard Calame
Linda Carson
*Phillip Caruso
*Eva Chalas
*Setsuko Chambers
*Daniel Clarke-Pearson
William Creasman
*Stephen Curry
*James Delmore
Gunter Deppe
Philip DiSaia
David Doering
Thomas Dolan
*Elvis Donaldson
*Charles Drescher
*Clarence Ehrlich
Scott Eisenkop
*Michael Finan
Jeffrey Fowler
*Wesley Fowler, Jr.
Ernest Franklin, III
*Andrew Galakatos
*Donald Gallup
Hans Geisler
*James Graham
*Cornelius Granai
*Kenneth Hancock
Kenneth Hatch
Wilfredo Hernandez
W. Hogan
*Robert Holloway
*David Hoogerland
*Douglas Horbelt
*William Hoskins
Richard Hunter
*Malcolm Idelson
S. Jason Kapnick
*Beth Karlan
*Larry Kilgore
Maureen Killackey
Woo Shin Kim
*Walter Kinney
*Tae Kwon
*Conley Lacey
*James LaPolla
*James Larson
*Samuel Lentz
*George Lewandowski
*George Lewis, Jr.
*John L. Lewis, Jr.
*Katherine Look
*John Lurain, III
Francis Major
Vinay Malviya
Alberto Manetta
*Charles Mangan
*John Micha
*John Mikuta
*David Moore
*Mitchell Morris
*Rodrigue Mortel
Staffan Nordqvist
*James Orr, Jr.
*April O'Quinn
*William Peters, III
Albert Pineda
Richard Reid
*Jean Remy
*Mark Rettenmaier
*James Roberts
*William Roberts
*Thomas Rocereto
*Jesus Rodriguez-Arroyo
*Norman Rosenblum
*Julian Schink
Peter Schwartz
Karl Smith
*McClure Smith
Cyril Spann
Nick Spirtos
*Robert Stanhope
Frederick Stehman
*Claude Stringer, Jr.
*Gregory Sutton
O. Eduardo Talledo
Leo Twiggs
*Paul Underwood
John Weed, Jr.
Charles Welander
A. James White
Timothy Wilson
*Joseph Yon

Over $100 to $1,000
Samir Abu-Ghazaleh
*Ronald Alvarez
Willie Andersen
Barrie Anderson
Mohammed Ashraf
Hervy Averette
Freidoon Azizi
Hugh Barber
Jackson Beecham
Jerome Belinson
Benedict Benigno
Guy Benrubi
Andrew Berchuck
Jonathan Berek
Suzanne Bergen
Ross Berkowitz
*Steven Bernstein
*Matthew Borst
*Richard Buller
*Joanna Cain
H. Marvin Camel
Phillip Caruso
*Joseph Chambers
*Sidney Chen
Yew Choo
Wayne Christopherson
Carmel Cohen
Joseph Crapanzano
*Mary Cunningham
*Gregorio Delgado
*Mark Doherty
James Dolan
*Deborah Dotters
*Gordon Downey
Bruce Drukker
Brent DuBeshter
Leo Dunn
*Charles Dunton
*Creighton Edwards
Thomas Ewing
*Bruce Fine
*David Fishman
*Walter Gajewski
*Andrew Galakatos
Holly Gallion
C. Thomas Griffiths
Neville Hacker
*James Heaps
*Paul Heller
B. Frederick Helmkamp
*Arthur Herbst
*Enrique Hernandez
*Robert Higgins
*Jeffrey Hines
James Hoffman
Robert Holloway
*Michael Hopkins
Verda Hunter
Nader Husseinzadeh
Kianoosh Jafari
Beverly Jaramillo
Maureen Jarrell
Walter Jones
*Howard Jones, III
*Nicholas Kadar
Beth Karlan
Raymond Kaufman
*John Knaus
*Herbert Kotz
*Ernest Kohorn
Hans Krebs
*Daniel Kredentser
*Garry Krepart
*James Larson
Roger Lee
*Elmer Lehman
George Lewandowski
*Myron Lutz
*Robert Mannel
Fred Massey
Allan Mayer
Thomas McDonald
David McIntosh
*Robert McLellan
*David Miller
Fredrick Montz
George Morley
*Peter Morris
*Mamdouh Moukhtar
Laila Muderspach
William Nahhas
Richard Nalick
Beth Nelson
James Nelson, Jr.
Joel Noumoff
James Orr, Jr.
Katherine O'Hanlan
*April O'Quinn
Groesbeck Parham
*Robert Park
Bruce Patsner
*Roland Pattillo
Guy Photopulos
Karl Podratz
*Diane Provencher
*Gary Reid
James Roberts
William Roberts
Neil Rosenshein
Stephen Rubin
Edward Savage
*Jenta Shen
Julian Shink
Steven Silverberg
Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey Stern
Earl Surwit
*Gregory Sutton
Nelson Teng
*Keith Terada
W. Thornton, Jr.
*Edward Trimble
Paul Underwood, Jr.
Richard Upton
*Luis Vaccarello
Joan Walker
Darryl Wallace
Robert Wallach
Leslie Walton
*Maurice Webb
Clifford Wheeless
John Wheelock
*George Wilbanks
A. James White
*Roberto Yazigi
*Robert Young

Less than $100
*Cynthia Angel
Mark Adelson
Dudley Baker
David Barclay
David Bard
Robert Bast, Jr.
*Thomas Caputo
John Carlson, Jr.
Murray Casey
Denis Cavanagh
*Joseph Chambers???
Sidney Chen
Joseph Chambers
Sidney Chen
William Crisp
Susan Davidson
*Ricardo de la Cuesta
Paul DePriest
Julia Donovan
*Barbara Doyle Marino
Gary Eddy
James Fanning
David Foley
Barbara Goff
Annekathryn Goodman
*Robert Guintoli, Sr.
*Saul Gusberg
Robert Hilgers
*Jeffrey Hines
*Michael Hopkins
Allan Jacobs
Ivan Jelen
*Jacqueline Johnson
Christopher Jolles
Kenneth Kearns
Richard Kline
*John Knaus
R. Lawhead, Jr.
Samuel Lifshitz
John Lovecchio
*Myron Lutz
Javier Magrina
Byron Masterson
Larry McGowan
Robert McLellan
Mark Messing
*George Mitchell
*Michelle Mitchell
*Peter Morris
David Mutch
Najmosama Nikrui
*Albrecht Pfleiderer
John Powell
*Elizabeth Poyner
*Larry Puls
Janet Rader
*R. Kevin Reynolds
Robert Rogers
Lynda Roman
*Neil Rosenshine
Bernd-Uwe Sevin
Frederick Sillman
Daniel Smith
Lloyd Smith
*Joel Sorosky
Peyton Taylor, Jr.
Edward Trimble
Paul Tseng
*Paul Underwoood, Jr.
Walter Upton
*Luis Vaccarrelo
John van Nagell, Jr.
Joan Walker

II. CORPORATE
CONTRIBUTIONS

The listing below represents all contributions made based on

$150,000 and over
*United States Surgical Corporation

$25,000 to $150,000
Bristol-Myers Oncology Division
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Ortho Biotech, Inc.
United States Surgical Corporation

$5,000 to $25,000
*Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology
*Chem Bio
*Ethicon Endo-Surgery
*Frog Jog Running Club
Permanent Charities
Serono Laboratories, Inc.
Oncotech Incorporated

Less than $5,000
Glaxo, Inc.
*Microtek Medical
Nortel Telecom, Inc.
Oncogene Science
*OSO Home Care
Sandoz Pharmacaecuticals Corporation
Smith, Bucklin & Associates, Inc.
*US Bioscience
*Zinnanti Surgical Instruments, Inc.

III. Non-Members

The listing below represents all donations - based on actual dollar amount received to-date - contributed to GCF.

$250,000 and under
*Karin & Peter Smith

$100,000 Bequests
*Eva Metzger

Over $9,000
*M. Beatrice Barkley
Sara Brown Musselman
David de Soto
Society of Memorial Gynecologic Oncologists

Over $1,000 to $9,000
Frank DeFluri
GOSMA
Felix Rutledge Society
Women's Cancer Research Foundation
*Rosemary Zuern

Over $100 to $1,000
Debra Gault
*Stephen Barkhuff
James Doty/Carol Boland
*GYN/Oncology Associates
*Linda Corwarts
Mr. & Mrs. George Anos
The Larson Family
Mr. Peter Kocoras
*Thomas Nelson
The Silverman Family
M-B Sales, L.P.
Ms. H. Josephine Johnson
*Thomas Walley
Gosman's Restaurant
WVV Medical
Fremont Area Foundation
Rosalie Bruggman
Rancho Bowl
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Pagett

An * denotes that a contribution was received in 1996.

For further information, contact:

Gynecologic Cancer Foundation

230 W. Monroe, Suite 2528

Chicago, IL 60606

312/644-6610

Fax 312/527-6640

Email: info@thegcf.org

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