The CanSurvive GYN Cancer Support Group is located in Birmingham, Alabama. (Please note: We are not affiliated with the CanSurvive group in Egypt.
It is for women with gynecologic cancers, their families, friends, loved ones and the professionals who treat them. We recognize that in addition to excellent medical care, there is a deep need for emotional, spiritual, and educational support when faced with the challenge of a life-threatening illness. If that is the group you are looking for, include the word "Egypt" in your internet search. We
only mention this so that you can find the correct support group for you in your area of the world.)
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Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial Recruits Patients in World's First Personalized Vaccine for Disease
Read about the world's first clinical trial testing a personalized genomics-driven ovarian cancer vaccine, now actively recruiting participants.
Vaccine to prevent most cervical cancers shows long-term effectiveness | UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vaccine to prevent most cervical cancers shows long-term effectiveness A vaccine that can literally eradicate the majority of cervical cancer cases shows long-term effectiveness in a study published today in The Lancet. This study of 14,215 women in 18 countries extends and solidifies the initial ph...
Webinar: Rare Ovarian Cancers - Are We Making Progress? - Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance
Join us for a webinar on rare ovarian cancers, presented by David Gershenson, MD of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Gershenson will provide an overview on the types of rare ovarian cancers, basic features of each cancer, and challenges that come with treating them. Additionall...
FDA approves Lynparza for ovarian cancer maintenance therapy
The FDA today granted regular approval to olaparib tablets for the maintenance treatment of adults with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who achieved complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy.The approval of olaparib (Lynparza, AstraZeneca)…
Could this blood test eventually screen people for cancer?
Liquid Biopsy Blood Test May Find Cancer Before Symptoms Start
News - Art event to create a lasting symbol of hope for the cancer community
An art event will be held Aug. 17 to engage the cancer community in the healing power of art. A painting created by a cancer patient through the UAB C...
In September be on the lookout throughout B'ham and the rest of the state for teal lighting on prominent buildings to raise awareness about GYN Cancers....
Photos from Laura Crandall Brown Foundation's post
A great quote from the book "There's No Place Like Hope" (p. 10) by Vickie Girard —
“Regardless of the diagnosis, each and every day that we breathe we are living with — not dying of — cancer. (Otherwise, we have been dying of life since the day we were born.)”
Ovarian Cancer Research Updates for 2017
Recording available following presentation.
Johns Hopkins researchers say they've unlocked key to cancer metastasis and how to slow it
Jayatilaka and a team at Johns Hopkins discovered the biochemical mechanism that tells cancer tells to break off and spread throughout the body, a process called metastasis. Some 90 percent of cancer deaths are caused when cancer metastasizes. They also found that two existing, FDA-approved drugs ca...
Cancer Drug Proves to Be Effective Against Multiple Tumors
The drug, Keytruda, is the first approved for patients with tumors with a particular genetic signature, wherever they appear in the body.
High-risk women with endometrial cancer often do not receive genetic counseling referral
CHICAGO — Genetic counseling referrals and testing appeared underutilized among high-risk women diagnosed with endometrial cancer, according to study results presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.“Genetic testing offers a unique opportunity to prevent cancer,” Stephanie V. Blank, MD...
A decade on, vaccine has halved cervical cancer rate - BBC News
The world's first cancer vaccine has halved the number of new cervical cancers ten years after it was first administered in Australia.
Ovarian cancer drug delivers ‘very promising’ results in early trial - The Institute of Cancer Research, London
A new targeted treatment for ovarian cancer has shown ‘very promising’ results in an early clinical trial – shrinking tumours in half of women with the disease.
Ovarian Cancer Research Update
Full recording available following the presentation.
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The first World Ovarian Cancer Day took place May 8th, 2013. It is dedicated to creating and raising awareness about ovarian cancer, the women’s cancer with the lowest survival rate for which there is little awareness and no cure. On this day, ovarian cancer awareness organizations from across the world worked together with a singular focus and message for ovarian cancer and its symptoms.
World Ovarian Cancer Day will take place on May 8th each year.
This website is a resource for learning about the Day, the disease, and how to get involved with your local ovarian cancer organization.
May 8 is World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day
PET/CT Can Evaluate Lymph Node Metastasis in High-Risk Endometrial Cancer | Diagnostic Imaging
Adding fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) can increase accuracy and specificity.
NIH to get a $2 billion funding boost as Congress rebuffs Trump
The NIH will get a $2 billion funding hike under a bipartisan spending agreement reached late Sunday, as Congress rebuffed Trump's call for cuts.
The Best Way to Protect Your Kids From HPV
More than 20 percent of American adults have the type of HPV that can cause cancer. Consumer Reports explains how to protect your kids from HPV.
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Recruitment begins for world's first ovarian cancer vaccine trial
UConn Health is beginning to recruit patients for the world's first personalized genomics-driven ovarian cancer vaccine clinical trial. The goal: to prevent an often deadly relapse of the disease in women diagnosed at advanced stages.
State of Cancer Care in America: 2017
This year's report documents tremendous activity now occurring across diverse stakeholders, all working toward improving the lives of individuals with cancer.
Zejula Granted FDA Approval for Ovarian Cancer
The FDA has approved Zejula (niraparib) for treatment of patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer in the maintence setting.
The HPV vaccine — it's cancer prevention in the hands of physicians and parents
OPINION | HPV is known to cause more than 99 percent of all cervical cancers, and nearly all American men and women will become infected with this virus at some point in their lifetimes.
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Know any young breast cancer survivors? If so, let them know about this event. http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07edqikfnh3eff9337&llr=owrhawpab
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For ovarian cancer patients, readmission metrics don't accurately measure outcomes, according to new research by UNC gynecologic oncology fellow Dr. Emma Barber, whose results were announced today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology annual meeting. http://bit.ly/2nj2Ell
2017 SGO Annual Meeting | Ovarian Cancer Surgery and Hospital Readmissions - YouTube
Sh*tsanshu Uppal, MD, from the University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, discusses his findings as lead author of the abstract, "Hospital readmis...
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Great quote from Dr. Bevis. How do you take care of yourself?
Happening at UAB!
UAB researchers are researching the body's immune system and studying new drugs that "jump start" the body's response to ovarian tumors.
It is important to continue Pap smear screenings for cervical cancer and vaccinate young people for the HPV virus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF8GJYLa7q4
Here is a video about the CanSurvive GYN Cancer Support Group, the support arm of the Laura Crandall Brown Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyFUVMdVyrg
Birmingham, AL
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We offer 2 meetings a month: the third Friday at lunchtime and third Sunday from 2pm-4pm. The Sunday meeting has a separate meeting room for caregivers to share. Details about these meetings can be found on our website.
| Monday | 8am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 5pm |
| Friday | 8am - 5pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 5pm |
| Sunday | 9am - 5pm |
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