Monthly Archives: May 2010
Johanna’s Law: The Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act Frequently Asked Questions
What is Johanna’s Law: The Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act? It is a law that allows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to do an awareness campaign around the signs and symptoms of gynecologic cancers, including ovarian, … Continue reading
Right on trend with all health spending, cancer costs double
The cost of treating cancer has doubled over the past 20 years, but those costs are in line with overall trends in health spending. And while more people are getting cancer as the U.S. population ages, treatment has shifted away … Continue reading
Surgical Staging and Treatment of Early Ovarian Cancer: Long-term Analysis From a Randomized Trial
A long-term follow-up analysis of the randomized clinical trial Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Ovarian Neoplasm (ACTION) from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer was undertaken to determine whether the original results with a median follow-up of 5.5 years … Continue reading
The Financial Burden of Cancer
By Brooke Hardison Wang Cancer care cost the American public $104.1 billion in 2006 – the most recent year for which statistics are available – according to NCI’s newly released Cancer Trends Progress Report-2009/2010 Update. The financial burden of cancer … Continue reading
May Newsletter
Annual Conference Dates and Deadlines Power is Teal Conference Saturday, July 10 – Tuesday, July 13 Washington, DC www.ovariancancer.org/conference/2010 The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance’s Annual Conference is the largest ovarian cancer specific conference that brings together researchers, clinicians, survivors and … Continue reading
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