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Its membership renewal season and the perfect time to join IGCS if you are not currently a member. All dues payments are applied to the 2026 membership term. IGCS provides year-round education, mentorship and training opportunities, and most recently, advocacy and outreach programming in support of our mission.
PRIME Researchship
The PRIME Fellowship is a 2-year, virtual postdoctoral research program led by Drs. Alexander Melamed and J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain. Designed to build global research capacity in gynecologic oncology, this fellowship offers advanced mentorship in innovative statistical methods, hands-on work with real-world oncology datasets, and the opportunity to produce high-impact research alongside leading investigators. Now accepting applications, deadline is January 30, 2026.
Landmark Global Study on Ovarian Cancer Published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health
We are pleased to share important news for our global community. A major new international study, “Experiences of Women with Ovarian Cancer in 22 Low- and Middle- Income Countries (Every Woman Study™ LMIC): a Cross-sectional Study,” was published today in the The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health.
Upcoming Events
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Jan 30 - Jan 31
Una Mirada Completa Al Cancer En La Mujer
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Feb 5 - Feb 6
The Bristol Gynaecology Oncology course
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Mar 27 - Mar 28
12th International Symposium on Gynecologic Oncology
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I am very pleased to announce that Argentina has joined our Strategic Alliance Partner Program. Argentina has made significant improvements in its gynecologic cancer mortality rates for over a decade with formalized education and training through the Argentinian Association of Gynecologic Oncology (AAGO). They have been a leader in South America for many years and have led the way in harmonizing training among institutions in the region.
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.
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.
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 participating in their strategic planning process and to identify ways we can work together towards improving the health and care of Indonesian women.
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 practical oncology.