An interview with the German Ovarian Cancer Foundation. 24 November 2025 Tell us how the German Ovarian Cancer Foundation was founded. We were founded in 2010 because there was very little information available about this disease in Germany. The founders of the foundation are Carolin Masur, a well-known singer who has been affected by […]
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By Frances Reid, Director of Programmes 24 November 2025 The location of this year’s International Gynecologic Cancer Society meeting in Cape Town, South Africa could not have been more fortuitous. With the Co-Chair (Clinical) of our Every Woman Study LMIC Edition and Global Expert Advisory Group on Ovarian Cancer, Dr Tracey Adams, living and working […]
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November 3, 2025 We are delighted to introduce you to our new CEO, Christel Paganoni-Bruijns on her first day at the Coalition. Enjoy this Q & A to learn more about her previous work, her passion for leveraging data and lived experience to influence policy and drive equity, and her priorities for her first 100 […]
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An interview with MOG Portugal. 24 October 2025 Tell us about how MOG Portugal was started. MOG was founded in December 2019 by two women with ovarian cancer, both named Cláudia. At that time, there was no association in Portugal dedicated to gynaecological cancers – and MOG remains the only one today. The two […]
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By Frances Reid, Director of Programmes 2 October 2025 Last week I was honoured to be in New York to take part in side meetings linked to the United Nations General Assembly, flying the flag for women with ovarian cancer. The primary reason for going was an invitation to be a panellist at the launch […]
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An interview with the Pan-Arabian research Society of Gynecologic Oncology (PARSGO). 24 September 2025 Tell us about how PARSGO was started. PARSGO was founded in 2016 as a non-profit and non-political research organization in Berlin, Germany to address the unique challenges faced by women in the MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa regions concerning gynecologic cancers. […]
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An interview with the Nepal Cancer Relief Society (NCRS). 25 August 2025 Tell us about how NCRS was started. The then Shah royal princess, Jayanti Shah, witnessing the deaths of many family members due to heart disease, began working to help individualssuffering from heart conditions and to provide affordable heart treatment to the people of […]
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By Dr. Tracey Adams and Annwen Jones OBE, Co-Chairs, Global Expert Advisory Group on Ovarian Cancer 23 July 2025 Since our launch on World Ovarian Cancer Day in May, the Global Expert Advisory Group on Ovarian Cancer has issued a Statement of Intent and identified three priority areas for action that we believe will improve […]
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An interview with Tracy Milgram-Posner, Founder of BRCAStrong 23 July 2025 Tell us about how BRCAStrong was started. I found out I was BRCA-positive in my early twenties. I was young, otherwise healthy, and suddenly handed a reality that changed everything—my chances of developing breast or ovarian cancer were incredibly high. The doctors gave me […]
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By Annabel Deegan, Communications Advisor, World Ovarian Cancer Coalition 17 June 2025 It was a real privilege to attend The Economist Impact World Cancer Series Europe meeting in Brussels. This year’s conference was attended by a wide range of leaders in the global cancer community and the discussions focused on inclusive access to care and […]
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