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CURE

Summer 2009
Volume8
Issue 2

Ovarian Cancer Survivors Course

Ovarian cancer course is coming to a city near you.

The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation will hold a free Ovarian Cancer Survivors Course in a handful of cities through the end of the year: Baltimore (July 18), Atlanta (August 22), Chicago (September 12), Las Vegas (October 10), and Washington, D.C. (November 7). The day-long course will include panel discussions and sessions on the biology of ovarian cancer, management of recurrent ovarian cancer, clinical trials and future treatments, quality of life, and survivorship. For more information, visit www.wcn.org/courses or call 312-578-1439.

Articles in this issue
Web Exclusive: Find a Clinical Trial That's Right for You
Web Exclusive: Find a Clinical Trial That's Right for You
Web Exclusive: A Q&A with an Extraordinary Healer
Web Exclusive: Types of Kidney Cancer
Web Exclusive: Helpful Advice
Web Exclusive: Developing a Strategy
Web Exclusive: Searching for New Targets
Web Exclusive: When Survivors Should Exercise Caution
Web Exclusive: Fertility Guidelines Not Meeting Needs of Patients
Web Exclusive: A Peaceful Spirit
Web Exclusive: The Voice on the Other End of the Phone
Excerpt: Stronger
Web Exclusive: An Infection Out of Nowhere
Web Exclusive: Solving a Medical Mystery
Web Exclusive: Clinical Trials for CUP
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