Presidential Perspective April 2018

Dear Colleagues, The IGCS Council recently met in New Orleans and I wanted to share with you the following items of discussion that may be of interest to IGCS members. Committee Reports The Council received updates from the Education, Publications, Industry Relations, and GO Global Network Committees. The Education Committee is now chaired by Dr. Ritu Salani, with Dr. Ane Gerda Eriksson as Vice Chair. There are seven steering committee members and four work-groups with five leaders covering the ..

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Presidential Perspective

Dear Colleague, Members of IGCS may remember the platform on which I was elected was to internationalise the society as widely as possible. At that time, the countries present at the conception of IGCS remained the dominant membership groups, working hard and very effectively to unite this new society. But it was clear that IGCS was ready and mature enough to extend its global reach. Happily, times have changed. We continue to engage the membership from high resource settings and recently receiv..

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Final Thoughts as President

Dear Colleague, Members of IGCS may remember the platform on which I was elected was to internationalise the society as widely as possible. At that time, the countries present at the conception of IGCS remained the dominant membership groups, working hard and very effectively to unite this new society. But it was clear that IGCS was ready and mature enough to extend its global reach. Happily, times have changed. We continue to engage the membership from high resource settings and recently receiv..

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International HPV Awareness Day

March 4th is International HPV Awareness Day The awareness campaign: Give Love, Not HPV was initiated by the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS), the leading global authority on human papillomaviruses (HPV). IPVS facilitates the worldwide exchange of ideas, knowledge, and research about HPV and related diseases while promoting the translation of research results into new clinical applications and public health policies. IPVS inaugurated International HPV Awareness Day on March 4, 2018 as..

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Welcome, Latin America!

Latin America is a huge area with an enormous number of women with gynecologic cancers. Regional leaders spent a great deal of time and effort engaging with their colleagues about the Strategic Alliance Program and ultimately included nearly 400 new members who will be joining IGCS. I personally want to thank every one of them for their vision and their commitment to the women they treat...

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Welcome, Israel!

As IGCS continues with the desire to be the global voice of Gynecologic Oncology we are pleased to announce that the Israeli Society of Gynecologic Oncology (ISGO) has joined our Strategic Alliance Partnership Program. ISGO is a multidisciplinary society including gynecological oncologists, medical oncologists and radiotherapists dedicated to the treatment of women with gynecological cancer, which includes 20 affiliated centres...

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Welcome, Indonesia!

Please join me in welcoming the Indonesian Society of Gynecologic Oncology (INASGO) as a new Strategic Alliance Partner. INASGO was founded in 2000 with a current membership of 110 gynecologic oncology practitioners. We are thrilled to welcome them to the IGCS community and are excited to engage with the INASGO leadership Prof Andrijono and Prof Purwoto to hear from them their vision for the future of gynecologic oncology, pathology, and radiation oncology in Indonesia. We look forward to partic..

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Welcome, Uzbekistan!

Please welcome the Association of Oncologists of Uzbekistan as a new Strategic Alliance Partner. Under the leadership of Professor Tilliashahov Mirzagaleb Nigmatovich, Chairman of the AOUZ board, a new strategic alliance partnership with IGCS has been formed. The Association of Oncologists of Uzbekistan was founded on August 7th, 2003. AOUZ is a non-governmental, non-commercial organization, involving a voluntary scientific and educational union of specialists in the sphere of theoretical and pr..

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Welcome, Thailand!

As we come to the end of 2017, please join me in welcoming the Thai Gynecologic Cancer Society (TGCS) as a new Strategic Alliance Partner of the IGCS. The Thai Gynecological Cancer Society was founded with the mission, “To Better the Health of Thai Women with Reproductive Cancer.” Their focus on patient care, education and disseminating information to their members and to the public is perfectly aligned with the IGCS mission...

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Presidential Perspective: Council Update

Dear IGCS Member, The IGCS Council recently met in Vienna to continue moving the Society’s agenda forward. I am very grateful to the Council and IGCS staff for their commitment, willingness to work, and experience as we discussed an increasing number of prominent issues facing our Society as it evolves to better meet the needs of you, our members, and the patients you serve. Hopefully, you are aware that we have been intensely focused on building partnerships and creating opportunities to trul..

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